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How popular is the name Nicole?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nicoles are alive today.
Nicole (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 412th in 2025 with 99 given the name. The name peaked in 1994, when around 1,700 babies were given the name, the 37th most popular that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 23,000 babies have been named Nicole in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Nicole include Nikki.
The Nicole you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Nicoles born in England and Wales are between 22 and 34, and there are at least 34,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 10% chance that at least one of them will be called Nicole.
How many babies are named Nicole each year?
Where does Nicole 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 Nicole most popular?
Nicole peaked in 1994, when around 1,700 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Nicole?
At least 34,000 people named Nicole born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nicole?
Most living Nicoles are between 22 and 34; the most common age is about 31.
Is Nicole becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.