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How popular is the name Nicol?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nicols are alive today.
Nicol (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2007, when 25 babies were given the name, the 1126th most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 12% of its peak.
The Nicol you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Nicols born in England and Wales are between 14 and 31, and there are at least 450 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nicol - on average, only one in every 700 such rooms contains a Nicol.
How many babies are named Nicol each year?
Where does Nicol rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Nicol most popular?
Nicol peaked in 2007, when 25 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Nicol?
At least 450 people named Nicol born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nicol?
Most living Nicols are between 14 and 31; the most common age is about 18. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Nicol becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak.