Nikol

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nikol: Recorded since 2002, it reached #635 in 2006, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#635highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2006	#1862
2007	#1656
2008	#3860
2009	#2019
2010	#2235
2011	#2893
2012	#2215
2013	#1774
2014	#1798
2015	#1711
2016	#2367
2017	#2502
2018	#1526
2019	#1854
2020	#2163
2021	#1962
2022	#2488
2023	#2689
2024	#3318

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2215 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2012
Highest recorded position: #635 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 2006–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nikol appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 238 births with the name.

Nikol 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.

Nikol'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	#4137 (2002)	#1526 (2018)	#3318 (2024)	21 of 23	238 (2002–2024)	20 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#635 (2006)	#635 (2006)	#907 (2012)	3 of 7	10 (2006–2012)	4 (2006)

Nikol 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 Nikol in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	50	6 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	136	10 of 10	14
2020s	52	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Nikol 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #635 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Nikol'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #635, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 4 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.

Niko · #96, 29y
Nikodem · #179, 22y
Nikola · #139, 52y
Nikolai · #41, 64y

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.

Alliyah · #635, 24y
Harlyn · #635, 17y
Ifeoma · #635, 22y
Ketsia · #635, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Harlyn · #635, 17y
Valerija · #635, 13y
Zunairah · #635, 21y
Masa · #634, 12y

Nikol was ranked #635 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Nikol 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 Nikol without appearing here.

Nikol moved ahead of

Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1798 and #5691.
Jeanette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4598 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1656 and #5201.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2019 and #5556.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2019 and #5556.

Moved ahead of Nikol

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #1452.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1798 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1711 and #1240.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Nikol

Carol Compare
Between 2002 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikol went from #4137 to #1962 while Carol went from #1530 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 2002 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikol went from #4137 to #1962 while Tyler went from #294 to #5581.
Francis Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikol went from #1862 to #3318 while Francis went from #5061 to #2574.
Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikol went from #1656 to #3318 while Blake went from #5201 to #432.

Moved the same way as Nikol

Hayden Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikol went from #1656 to #3318 and Hayden from #1741 to #5891.

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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #635 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nikol

Nikol at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nikol across 2 official records

Nikol by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nikol across 2 official records

Nikol by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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