Nichelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nih-SHEL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Nichelle is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Nichelle mean?
Modern: blend of Nicole and Michelle
Nichelle Nichols played Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek series.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Nichelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Nichelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nichelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Nichelle, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1968, with 395 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Nichelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nichelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,637 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 97 | #1,622 |
| 1996 | 92 | #1,654 |
| 1995 | 116 | #1,407 |
| 1994 | 136 | #1,256 |
| 1993 | 132 | #1,282 |
| 1992 | 181 | #1,028 |
| 1991 | 169 | #1,068 |
| 1990 | 157 | #1,107 |
| 1989 | 155 | #1,082 |
| 1988 | 121 | #1,229 |
| 1987 | 139 | #1,093 |
| 1986 | 118 | #1,194 |
| 1985 | 152 | #1,002 |
| 1984 | 132 | #1,059 |
| 1983 | 112 | #1,169 |
| 1982 | 123 | #1,138 |
| 1981 | 90 | #1,368 |
| 1980 | 135 | #1,053 |
| 1979 | 94 | #1,323 |
| 1978 | 124 | #1,069 |
| 1977 | 102 | #1,199 |
| 1976 | 87 | #1,273 |
| 1975 | 117 | #1,026 |
| 1974 | 107 | #1,089 |
| 1973 | 114 | #1,028 |
| 1972 | 112 | #1,038 |
| 1971 | 164 | #836 |
| 1970 | 205 | #726 |
| 1969 | 331 | #540 |
| 1968 | 395 | #486 |
| 1967 | 361 | #500 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,021 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,824 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 21 | #2,667 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
Names like Nichelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nicole, Noelle, Danielle, Jasmine, Michelle, Jolene, Kayla, Natalie, Giselle, Janelle, Celeste, Camille
Names related to Nichelle
Nichole, Nicolle, Nicholle, Nichol, Nachelle, Nychelle, Nichola
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nichelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nichelle, updated 20 October 2026.