Nicolette
Nicolette is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Nicolette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nicolette is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Nicolette
American parents first put Nicolette on the record books as a baby girl name in 1914, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 821 Nicolettes were born — ranking #328 that year. About 36% of every Nicolette on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Nicolette ranks #2,054 for baby girls with 95 births, falling sharply (-16%). All told, over 17K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nicolette
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About the name Nicolette
Nicolette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 17K births in the dataset. Nicolette's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #327. Use the chart and map above to compare Nicolette's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.