Girls' name · since 1969
Nikkol
132 babies named Nikkol in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 132
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nikkol is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 132 have been recorded since 1969.
Nikkol has 132 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1993.
- #24,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 132 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikkol ranks #24,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 132 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 132
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nikkol's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikkol's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nikkol's full recorded timeline at 1979, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nikkol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1993
- Peak year (1973)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Nikkol by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (71 births, 54% of the file).
1970s was Nikkol's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Nikkol births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 71 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Nikkol's decade-level peak was the 1970s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikkol: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1969–1993 (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 Nikkol 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.