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Baby name
Nicole
Girl
Origin of the name
Nicole is the feminine of the French Nicolas, the counterpart of Nicholas. It comes from the ancient Greek nikē, “victory,” and laos, “people”: “victory of the people.”
Short-lived name
594,500births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 7rank at its peak, in 1985
Where babies named Nicole are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Nicole is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Nicole is most common in New Jersey (1.7 times), Rhode Island (1.6) and New Hampshire (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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