Recorded 1973–2019 Girls' name Peak 1993 233 births

Nykole — girls' name

233 babies named Nykole in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s111980s461990s842000s572010s35
1990s
Peak decade

36% of everyone ever named Nykole was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

16 babies were named Nykole in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nykole

The Social Security Administration has registered 233 babies named Nykole between 1973 and 2019, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nykole currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nykole performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nykole shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nykole in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nykole 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 233 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.

Nykole at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

233

Since 1973

47 years of records

Peak year

1993

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1973

Recorded for 47 years

Last year on file: 2019

Nykole popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1973

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1993)
16
Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
05101520 20192010200520001993198819801973 6

Nykole by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
84 births that decade — 36% of Nykole's all-time total
1970s111980s461990s842000s572010s35

Nykole by state

Where Nykole concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nykole
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.1%
California share of Nykole's total US births 2.1%

5 of 233 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nykole?
233 babies have been named Nykole since 1973. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1993 with 16 births.
When was Nykole most popular?
Nykole was most popular in the 1990s decade with 84 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Nykole most popular?
The top states for the name Nykole are California (5 births).
How long has the name Nykole been used?
Nykole has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 47 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Nykole?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nykia, Nykeria, Nykira, Nykayla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1973–2019 (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.