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Girl name

Nicholette

100% girls · 6 born in 2025

Nicholette has been given to about 1,297 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1993, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Living in the US≈ 1,248
Median age today36 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Nicholette per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1993 · 74
  • Born in 20256
  • All time1,297

How popular is Nicholette?

Its best year was 1993, when 74 babies were given the name, ranking 1915th. The typical living American called Nicholette is about 36 years old today.

Names that sound like Nicholette

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Nicolette0.86
  2. Violette0.76
  3. Nichole0.72
  4. Colette0.66
  5. Collette0.64
  6. Nichelle0.64
  7. Nicole0.58
  8. Charlette0.60

Middle names for Nicholette

Ranked by flow score
  1. Nicholette Rose0.89
  2. Nicholette Marie0.89
  3. Nicholette Grace0.89
  4. Nicholette Jane0.89
  5. Nicholette Louise0.89
  6. Nicholette June0.88

Sibling names for Nicholette

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Aracelisister · 0.76
  2. Laceysister · 0.75
  3. Dereckbrother · 0.74
  4. Bethanysister · 0.73
  5. Alvarobrother · 0.73
  6. Elishaeither · 0.73

Where Nicholette is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Nicholette Moore0.84
    2. Nicholette Hill0.84
    3. Nicholette Hall0.84
    4. Nicholette Brown0.84
    5. Nicholette Young0.81
    6. Nicholette Wright0.81

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Nicholette

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.