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 Νικόλαος, composed of the elements níkē “victory” and laós “people”. There are many variants.

From Wikipedia

Nicole first appears in the data in 1937 and has been recorded in 88 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1985 with 22,967 babies (rank #7 that year). In 2024 it was given to 961 girls (rank #318). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

595,656
Total babies (all years)
88
Years in the data
22,967
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19379#3,095
19387#3,742
193912#2,540
194025#1,578
194131#1,408
194270#943
194389#827
194458#1,036
194561#992
194680#934
194766#1,102
194868#1,080
194968#1,100
195089#955
195194#959
1952103#913
1953120#853
1954110#919
1955120#894
1956153#805
1957141#858
1958180#744
1959205#700
1960243#647
1961273#616
1962565#407
1963655#381
1964831#330
1965898#298
19662,029#169
19672,776#123
19683,083#108
19697,212#47
197010,691#30
197110,423#27
197215,755#10
197313,922#11
197413,114#11
197514,277#10
197614,452#13
197715,247#15
197817,280#10
197919,509#9
198019,917#7
198120,311#7
198221,706#6
198322,400#7
198422,271#7
198522,967#7
198621,292#7
198720,286#8
198820,314#9
198919,034#12
199017,953#13
199116,047#15
199216,325#14
199316,183#13
199416,011#11
199512,277#19
199611,134#22
199710,744#21
19989,911#24
19999,515#25
20008,562#31
20017,820#36
20026,974#37
20036,235#40
20045,741#43
20054,993#56
20064,322#74
20073,873#86
20083,290#106
20092,770#119
20102,570#122
20112,655#117
20122,661#114
20133,351#91
20142,540#128
20152,116#154
20161,954#162
20171,664#184
20181,429#217
20191,365#229
20201,163#266
2021954#341
2022995#323
2023941#327
2024961#318