Nichols — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nichols

The Social Security Administration has registered 758 babies named Nichols between 1914 and 2009, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nichols currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nichols performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 322 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Nichols shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Nichols in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nichols 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 758 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.