Nicollette — girls' name
1,229 babies named Nicollette in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Nicollette was born in this single decade.
143 babies were named Nicollette in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicollette
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,229 babies named Nicollette between 1967 and 2019, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nicollette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 143 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicollette performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 801 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nicollette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 151 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicollette in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicollette 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 1,229 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.
Nicollette at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicollette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1967
- Peak year (1991)
- 143
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
1,229 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 143 births in a single year.
Nicollette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 801 births that decade — 65% of Nicollette's all-time total
Nicollette decade highlights
- Peak decade 801 births
- Runner-up 188 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nicollette's strongest decade
801 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Nicollette by state
Where Nicollette concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 151 | 12.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 104 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 50 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 42 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 39 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 34 | 2.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 32 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Florida | | 29 | 2.4% |
151 of 1,229 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.3% of nationwide
- New York 8.5% of nationwide
- Texas 4.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nicollette appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1967–2019 (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.