Nicolet

Girls' name

Form of Nicolette

Nicolet has been given to 109 babies in the U.S. since 1953. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Nicolet, 2012

1 in 610,000

Nicolet over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nicolet: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Nicolette

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nicolet means

Nicolet is a form of Nicolette.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Nicolet is used in Dutch (Rare).

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nicolette.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 109 girls were recorded with the name Nicolet between 1953 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1991; its best national rank was #5,059 in 1955.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Nicolet?

Nicolet had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2012, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2012: 1 in 610,000; 6 of 3,657,590 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2012: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 422,543 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nicolet sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2012 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 422,543 children born in 2012 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nicolet. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nicolets were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nicolet was born before 1991 — so the typical Nicolet is around 34 today.

Median birth year: 1991; About 34 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 42.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 52.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 109; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 42.2% of all recorded uses (46).

Is Nicolet rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1991 (13)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 55.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,059; 1955

Spellings of Nicolet

Nicolet is not the most common spelling — Nicole is, with 66.7% against Nicolet's 0.01%.

Nicole66.7%594,500
Violet20.8%185,561
Nichole7.2%63,770
Nicolette1.9%17,129
Nikole0.78%6,982
Nicolle0.68%6,077
Nicola0.57%5,078
Nickole0.29%2,542

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Nicolet is used

Across 1910–2025, Nicolet was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nicolet has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nicolet by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,059; 1955
Peak year: 1991; 13 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 109
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Nicolet

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Nickola Nichoel Nicholl Nicolas Nicolly Nicosha Winslet Nichell Nickeya Mahelet Nickcole Nicte Nickita Nicloe Vyolet Alilet Vayolet Nicoya Vallolet Nickayla Nicoll Nicolena Nickisha Adalet

Sibling names for Nicolet

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shaniqua Devan Chanelle Ileana Amberly Iesha Elvia Kacy

For a brother

Shay Jamil Laron Paris Dejuan Coty Rico Malcom

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