Nickoles — boys' name
199 babies named Nickoles in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Nickoles was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Nickoles in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nickoles
The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Nickoles between 1927 and 2010, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nickoles currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickoles performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nickoles shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nickoles 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 199 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.
Nickoles at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nickoles popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1927
- Peak year (1993)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
199 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 17 births in a single year.
Nickoles by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 88 births that decade — 44% of Nickoles's all-time total
Nickoles decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nickoles's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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, 1927–2010 (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.