Feminine dossier · first seen 1937

Nicole

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nicole
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.8% from peak

Peak era

1985

Peak rank proxy

22,967

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1937Peak 19852024

Peak year

1985

Decline from peak

95.8%

2024

961

All-time

593,691

Nicole once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1985, when 22,967 girls were named Nicole.

In 2024, only 961 girls were given the name.

Down 95.8% from its peak.

All told, about 593,691 Americans have been named Nicole and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1937.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.8% from peak

198522,967 girls named Nicole

2024961 girls named Nicole

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