Nychelle — girls' name
157 babies named Nychelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Nychelle was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Nychelle in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nychelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Nychelle between 1973 and 2011, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nychelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nychelle performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nychelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nychelle 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 157 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.
Nychelle at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nychelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1973
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
157 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 12 births in a single year.
Nychelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 63 births that decade — 40% of Nychelle's all-time total
Nychelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nychelle's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1973–2011 (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.