Nicolette
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #1,721 for girls
Nicolette is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,721st for girls in the US (118 babies).
What does Nicolette mean?
French
A female given name from French.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nicolette a girl's or a boy's name?
Nicolette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 118 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nicolette in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nicolette in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Nicolette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Nicolette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 118about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 118 girls in the US were named Nicolette, making it the 1,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,678th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 821 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Nicolette in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nicolette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #1,721 |
| 2024 | 97 | #2,011 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,850 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,590 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,498 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,678 |
| 2019 | 120 | #1,724 |
| 2018 | 126 | #1,663 |
| 2017 | 124 | #1,716 |
| 2016 | 158 | #1,456 |
| 2015 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2014 | 146 | #1,510 |
| 2013 | 153 | #1,457 |
| 2012 | 159 | #1,432 |
| 2011 | 163 | #1,402 |
| 2010 | 192 | #1,249 |
| 2009 | 186 | #1,301 |
| 2008 | 224 | #1,145 |
| 2007 | 217 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 260 | #996 |
| 2005 | 292 | #868 |
| 2004 | 287 | #855 |
| 2003 | 267 | #894 |
| 2002 | 319 | #756 |
| 2001 | 390 | #649 |
| 2000 | 437 | #589 |
| 1999 | 479 | #529 |
| 1998 | 419 | #579 |
| 1997 | 523 | #480 |
| 1996 | 603 | #422 |
| 1995 | 676 | #391 |
| 1994 | 821 | #328 |
| 1993 | 802 | #327 |
| 1992 | 757 | #343 |
| 1991 | 663 | #388 |
| 1990 | 470 | #510 |
| 1989 | 315 | #650 |
| 1988 | 277 | #692 |
| 1987 | 258 | #707 |
| 1986 | 231 | #750 |
| 1985 | 250 | #698 |
| 1984 | 222 | #737 |
| 1983 | 276 | #625 |
| 1982 | 384 | #519 |
| 1981 | 342 | #545 |
| 1980 | 375 | #516 |
| 1979 | 249 | #685 |
| 1978 | 68 | #1,581 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,832 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1975 | 85 | #1,301 |
| 1974 | 89 | #1,226 |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,293 |
| 1972 | 108 | #1,065 |
| 1971 | 105 | #1,118 |
| 1970 | 100 | #1,154 |
| 1969 | 89 | #1,182 |
| 1968 | 100 | #1,042 |
| 1967 | 90 | #1,097 |
| 1966 | 74 | #1,251 |
| 1965 | 75 | #1,240 |
| 1964 | 79 | #1,240 |
| 1963 | 93 | #1,135 |
| 1962 | 90 | #1,152 |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,359 |
| 1960 | 71 | #1,300 |
| 1959 | 70 | #1,280 |
| 1958 | 68 | #1,281 |
| 1957 | 59 | #1,375 |
| 1956 | 73 | #1,221 |
| 1955 | 64 | #1,260 |
| 1954 | 65 | #1,228 |
| 1953 | 86 | #1,039 |
| 1952 | 92 | #982 |
| 1951 | 103 | #890 |
| 1950 | 92 | #926 |
| 1949 | 68 | #1,087 |
| 1948 | 53 | #1,249 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Nicolette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine Jessica Nicole Francesca Zoe Abigail Emily Michelle Fatima Darcie Gabrielle Chloe
Names related to Nicolette
Nicoleta Nicoletta Nikoletta Nicholette Nikolette Nicollette
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle Quincy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nicolette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nicolette, updated 20 October 2026.