Nichols is a rare variant of Nicholas that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Nichols is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2009. Nichols was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1987 (55 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #13,899 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | #10,558 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #13,433 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #12,194 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | #5,068 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #5,811 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #5,564 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | #7,336 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #4,870 |
| 1996 | 18 | — | #3,782 |
| 1995 | 20 | — | #3,402 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | #3,707 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #4,266 |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #2,887 |
| 1990 | 23 | — | #2,842 |
| 1989 | 24 | — | #2,666 |
| 1988 | 36 | — | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 55 | — | #1,359 |
| 1986 | 40 | — | #1,636 |
| 1985 | 36 | — | #1,716 |
| 1984 | 33 | — | #1,753 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | #1,940 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #2,318 |
| 1981 | 24 | — | #2,177 |
| 1980 | 24 | — | #2,196 |
| 1979 | 33 | — | #1,741 |
| 1978 | 21 | — | #2,255 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | #3,528 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #3,499 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #5,639 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | #2,947 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #4,755 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #4,827 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #4,376 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #3,512 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #3,124 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #3,411 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,623 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,611 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #3,274 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,869 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,800 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,826 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,622 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #4,634 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,707 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #4,700 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,136 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,044 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,613 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,317 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,221 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,150 |