girls:
2.2k births since 1956
#3681 (36th percentile)
boys:
28 births since 1968
#4558 (1st percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1956
#5584 (28th percentile)
The name Nicol is the #5,584 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,209 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 27.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,681 (35.6% percentile) for all time with 2,181 births since 1956. For boys, it ranks #4,558 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 28 births since 1968.
Nicol first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Nicol is available in 63 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (63 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nicol has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Nicol reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 15.5% percentile (ranked #653) with 68 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 71 births per million (ranked 14.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nicol ranks #925 for girls (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 21.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Nicol reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #642) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1973.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nicol".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Nicol", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 37 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Nicole" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Nicole..
Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Nicol. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.8% confident that Nicol is pronounced as NIH-kuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nih-KAWL, at 24.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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