Nicolette — #2011 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nicolette

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,010 babies named Nicolette between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nicolette currently holds the #2011 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 821 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicolette performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 6,213 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Nicolette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,797 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicolette in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicolette 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 17,010 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.