Nicholle — girls' name
1,837 babies named Nicholle in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Nicholle was born in this single decade.
73 babies were named Nicholle in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicholle
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,837 babies named Nicholle between 1966 and 2014, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nicholle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 73 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicholle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 599 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nicholle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 232 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicholle in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicholle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,837 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nicholle at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicholle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1966
- Peak year (1994)
- 73
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
1,837 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 73 births in a single year.
Nicholle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 599 births that decade — 33% of Nicholle's all-time total
Nicholle decade highlights
- Peak decade 599 births
- Runner-up 527 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nicholle's strongest decade
599 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Nicholle by state
Where Nicholle concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 232 | 12.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 82 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 38 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 33 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 26 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Texas | | 24 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 21 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 14 | 0.8% |
232 of 1,837 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.6% of nationwide
- New York 4.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nicholle appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.