Boys' name · since 1990
Nicoles
103 babies named Nicoles in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,226 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nicoles sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 103 recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nicoles has been recorded 103 times among boys since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2012.
- #17,226 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 103 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nicoles ranks #17,226 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,226 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nicoles's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nicoles's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nicoles splits its recorded history at 1999: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nicoles popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2012
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Nicoles by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (60 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Nicoles's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Nicoles births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 60 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Nicoles's decade-level peak was the 1990s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nicoles: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nicoles draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.