Nichol is an uncommon variant of Nichole that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Nichol is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Nichol was first reported in SSA data in 1944 and peaked in 1979 (195 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | #15,997 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #19,401 | — |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | #12,330 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #19,709 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #13,283 | — |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | #14,098 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #13,440 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #13,241 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #11,761 | — |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #7,914 | — |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #6,755 | — |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | #5,522 | — |
| 1997 | 24 | — | #4,476 | — |
| 1996 | 22 | — | #4,699 | — |
| 1995 | 12 | — | #7,382 | — |
| 1994 | 22 | — | #4,649 | — |
| 1993 | 25 | — | #4,207 | — |
| 1992 | 41 | — | #2,905 | — |
| 1991 | 33 | — | #3,348 | — |
| 1990 | 55 | — | #2,307 | — |
| 1989 | 55 | — | #2,213 | — |
| 1988 | 63 | — | #1,946 | — |
| 1987 | 52 | — | #2,119 | — |
| 1986 | 73 | — | #1,635 | — |
| 1985 | 121 | — | #1,176 | — |
| 1984 | 87 | — | #1,367 | — |
| 1983 | 106 | — | #1,211 | — |
| 1982 | 143 | — | #1,027 | — |
| 1981 | 105 | — | #1,244 | — |
| 1980 | 166 | — | #910 | — |
| 1979 | 195 | — | #811 | — |
| 1978 | 161 | — | #897 | — |
| 1977 | 138 | — | #1,011 | #6,546 |
| 1976 | 143 | — | #938 | #5,407 |
| 1975 | 122 | — | #1,004 | — |
| 1974 | 118 | — | #1,020 | — |
| 1973 | 151 | — | #856 | — |
| 1972 | 182 | — | #765 | — |
| 1971 | 119 | — | #1,060 | #5,431 |
| 1970 | 115 | — | #1,065 | — |
| 1969 | 91 | — | #1,211 | #4,269 |
| 1968 | 30 | — | #2,227 | — |
| 1967 | 16 | — | #3,290 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #5,144 | — |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #4,733 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #7,480 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #5,062 | — |