Nicole

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Meaning

Nicole is a feminine given name and a surname. The given name Nicole is a French feminine derivative of the masculine given name Nicolas, which is ultimately from the Ancient Greek ฮฮนฮบฯŒฮปฮฑฮฟฯ‚, composed of the elements nรญkฤ“ โ€œvictoryโ€ and laรณs โ€œpeopleโ€. There are many variants.

From Wikipedia

Nicole first appears in the data in 1964 and has been recorded in 43 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 1,294 babies (rank #3 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nicole

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nicole yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

26,089
Total babies (all years)
43
Years in the data
1,294
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196488#94
1965209#55
1966269#46
1967411#27
1968582#15
1969869#5
19701,023#4
19711,189#5
19721,294#3
19731,236#3
19741,244#3
19751,157#2
19761,075#4
19771,088#4
1978936#4
1979858#6
1980894#6
1981942#5
1982942#5
1983854#6
1984789#7
1985861#7
1986878#5
1987685#10
1988692#10
1989670#10
1990658#11
1991589#13
1992546#14
1993450#18
1994428#19
1995387#24
1996294#40
1997276#39
1998201#60
1999188#60
2000155#77
200180#95
200279#98
20147#249
20153#513
20168#232
20175#312