Nikol
Nikol is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Czech
- Bulgarian
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Nikol
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nikol is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Czech
- Bulgarian
- Greek
The Story of Nikol
Nikol first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1968, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1971: 40 births, good for #2,065 nationwide. About 35% of every Nikol on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Nikol last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 874 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Nikol
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nikol. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Nikol
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About the name Nikol
Nikol is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 874 births in the dataset. Nikol's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #2,065. Use the chart and map above to compare Nikol'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.