Girls' name · since 1914
Nicolette
Nicolette has 17,129 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,723 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,129
- born since 1914
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nicolette currently ranks #1723 among girls' names in America, with 17,129 babies recorded since 1914.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nicolette has been recorded 17,129 times among girls since 1914, currently ranked #1723 nationally and more common than 90% of girls, 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 1914 to 2025.
- #1,171 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,723 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17,129 born since 1914
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nicolette ranks #1,171 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,723 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17,129 born since 1914, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,723 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,129
- born since 1914
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nicolette's 17,129 recorded births place it above 98.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nicolette compares
17,129 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nicolette's all-time total is 46x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nicolette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,129 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 821 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nicolette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nicolette's full recorded timeline at 1977, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 821 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nicolette popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 821
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Nicolette popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Nicolette as boys' name)
Nicolette by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (6,213 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Nicolette's strongest decade.
6,213 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Nicolette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 32
1920s
32 births
- 1930s 30
1930s
30 births
- 1940s 252
1940s
252 births
- 1950s 772
1950s
772 births
- 1960s 828
1960s
828 births
- 1970s 988
1970s
988 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,930 births
- 1990s
1990s
6,213 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,879 births
- 2010s 1,469
2010s
1,469 births
- 2020s 719
2020s
719 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 6,213 births (36% of all-time use).
How Nicolette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nicolette's total volume
Nicolette by state
Where Nicolette concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,812 | 16.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,308 | 13.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 1,326 | 7.7% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 1,143 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 831 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Texas | | 711 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 700 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 589 | 3.4% |
2,812 of 17,129 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Nicolette appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Nicolette's data
- Nicolette's decade-level peak was the 1990s (6,213 total births); usage has since declined to 719 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nicolettes (2,812 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nicolette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Nicolette 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.