Female name
Nicole
19,786 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 4.
Origin
Borrowed from French Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas (“Nicholas”).From Wiktionary, entry “Nicole”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 1,679 births. 19,786 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 36th among girls' names in 1996. It is still given: 690 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1985: 23,043 births. 596,465 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. At its peak, it ranked 6th among girls' names in 1982. It really came into use around 1940. It is still given: 4,660 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1996: 358 births. 6,372 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 15th among girls' names in 1996. It really came into use around 1973. It is still given: 122 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 294,055 | 1900–2025 | 3rd in 1940 |
| Argentina | 45,904 | 2012–2023 | 45th in 2013 |
| Switzerland | 29,437* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 12,427 | 1984–2025 | 4th in 1985 |
| Quebec | 1,229 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 278 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Belgium | 56 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
4
work, structure, stability
5 + 9 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 5 = 31 → 4
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
2
cooperation, sensitivity, connection
9 + 6 + 5 = 20 → 2
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
5 + 3 + 3 = 11
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 4, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.