Girls' name · since 1962
Nikole
Nikole has 6,982 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,982
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nikole is the #6370 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,982 recorded since 1962.
Nikole has 6,982 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6370 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #2,082 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,370 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,982 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikole ranks #2,082 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,370 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,982 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,982
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nikole's 6,982 recorded births place it above 97.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nikole compares
6,982 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Nikole's all-time total is 19x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nikole | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,982 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 237 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nikole's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nikole splits its recorded history at 1995: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 237 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nikole popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 237
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Nikole by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,864 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Nikole's strongest decade.
1,864 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Nikole births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 159
1960s
159 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,575 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,799 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,864 births
- 2000s
2000s
938 births
- 2010s 532
2010s
532 births
- 2020s 115
2020s
115 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,864 births (27% of all-time use).
How Nikole 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 Nikole's total volume
Nikole by state
Where Nikole concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 894 | 12.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 395 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 385 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 345 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 311 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 306 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 299 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 273 | 3.9% |
894 of 6,982 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Nikole appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Nikole's data
- Nikole's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,864 total births); usage has since declined to 115 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nikoles (894 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nikole: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Nikole 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.