Nicol

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nicol: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nicol: Recorded since 1996, it reached #341 in 2008, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#341highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1072
1997	#1450
1998	#1480
1999	#2444
2000	#1313
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#2191
2004	#3197
2005	#1934
2006	#1502
2007	#1126
2008	#1206
2009	#1467
2010	#1653
2011	#1665
2012	#1720
2013	#1707
2014	#1882
2015	#2195
2016	#2757
2017	#2925
2019	#2869
2020	#4535
2021	#2499
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2013: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1707 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1072 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2013
Highest recorded position: #341 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2008–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Nicol appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 316 births with the name.

Nicol across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nicol's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1072 (1996)	#1072 (1996)	#5687 (2023)	26 of 28	316 (1996–2023)	25 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#341 (2008)	#341 (2008)	#747 (2013)	6 of 6	38 (2008–2013)	14 (2008)

Nicol by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nicol in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	48	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	131	10 of 10	13
2010s	120	9 of 10	13
2020s	17	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nicol appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #341 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Nicol's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1206	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1126	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#341	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #341, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Niclas · #217, 46y
Nico · #66, 30y
Nicola · #2, 68y
Nicolae · #660, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ayrton · #342, 30y
Ayub · #342, 30y
Corbyn · #342, 24y
Janita · #340, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aibhe · #341, 18y
Arwa · #341, 29y
Cori · #341, 19y
Johnnie · #341, 29y

Nicol was ranked #341 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nicol and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nicol without appearing here.

Nicol moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1934 and #3970.
Brittany Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2925 and #2925 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #3519.
Tyler Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1665 and #1665 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1720 and #2521.
Karen Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #1773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #3192.

Moved ahead of Nicol

Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2499 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1863.
Janice Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2499 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1959.
Cameron Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2499 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2201.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2499 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.

Moved the opposite way to Nicol

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nicol went from #1072 to #5687 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nicol went from #1072 to #5687 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nicol went from #1072 to #5687 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nicol went from #1072 to #5687 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Nicol

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nicol went from #1072 to #5687 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nicol went from #1072 to #5687 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nicol went from #1072 to #5687 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nicol went from #1072 to #5687 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #341 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Nicol

Nicol at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nicol across 2 official records

Nicol by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nicol across 2 official records

Nicol by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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