Nicolet — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nicolet

The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Nicolet between 1953 and 2012, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nicolet currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicolet performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nicolet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nicolet in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicolet 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 109 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.