Nikelle — girls' name
112 babies named Nikelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Nikelle was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Nikelle in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nikelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Nikelle between 1971 and 2009, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikelle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nikelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nikelle 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 112 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.
Nikelle at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nikelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1971
- Peak year (1995)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
112 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 11 births in a single year.
Nikelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 57 births that decade — 51% of Nikelle's all-time total
Nikelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nikelle's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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, 1971–2009 (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.