Nicola
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to girls 62.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 183 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,078since 1920
Nicola over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | #3,848 | 28 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #3,802 | 29 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #3,216 | 37 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #3,297 | 35 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #3,918 | 26 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #3,793 | 28 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #3,513 | 31 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 | #3,792 | 27 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | #3,103 | 37 |
| 2007 | #3,482 | 47 | #3,090 | 37 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 | #3,451 | 30 |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #2,424 | 70 | #3,014 | 33 |
| 2003 | #2,638 | 60 | #2,545 | 40 |
| 2002 | #2,178 | 76 | #2,817 | 33 |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 | #2,346 | 42 |
| 2000 | #2,708 | 54 | #2,256 | 43 |
| 1999 | #2,258 | 66 | #2,231 | 41 |
| 1998 | #2,124 | 68 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,102 | 67 | #1,908 | 48 |
| 1996 | #1,947 | 73 | #2,115 | 40 |
| 1995 | #1,837 | 77 | #1,988 | 42 |
| 1994 | #1,862 | 76 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | #1,763 | 83 | #2,091 | 38 |
| 1992 | #1,614 | 95 | #1,884 | 43 |
| 1991 | #1,710 | 85 | #1,744 | 46 |
| 1990 | #1,594 | 94 | #1,840 | 42 |
| 1989 | #1,639 | 84 | #1,641 | 48 |
| 1988 | #1,911 | 64 | #1,949 | 33 |
| 1987 | #1,581 | 79 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #1,515 | 81 | #2,007 | 29 |
| 1985 | #1,439 | 87 | #1,764 | 34 |
| 1984 | #1,459 | 79 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #1,295 | 94 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #1,325 | 94 | #1,815 | 31 |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #1,206 | 109 | #1,808 | 31 |
| 1979 | #1,019 | 138 | #1,435 | 42 |
| 1978 | #995 | 137 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | #1,153 | 109 | #1,450 | 40 |
| 1976 | #1,026 | 121 | #1,427 | 39 |
| 1975 | #963 | 129 | #1,322 | 43 |
| 1974 | #1,042 | 114 | #1,311 | 42 |
| 1973 | #955 | 126 | #1,201 | 47 |
| 1972 | #760 | 183 | #1,120 | 53 |
| 1971 | #911 | 143 | #1,235 | 45 |
| 1970 | #1,026 | 120 | #1,207 | 47 |
| 1969 | #888 | 141 | #1,136 | 47 |
| 1968 | #978 | 113 | #1,314 | 34 |
| 1967 | #1,133 | 87 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #1,273 | 72 | #1,327 | 33 |
| 1965 | #1,448 | 58 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1964 | #1,747 | 44 | #1,288 | 37 |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 | #1,175 | 43 |
| 1962 | #1,577 | 51 | #1,546 | 26 |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | #1,400 | 32 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,597 | 41 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,298 | 50 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1919 | — | #1,351 | 28 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,313 | 29 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,479 | 23 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,159 | 31 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,137 | 17 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nicola! It came in at #4,975, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nicola is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#1,022 · 1 in 11,971
- California#1,256 · 1 in 12,841
- New York#1,373 · 1 in 14,848
Best ever in a state: #182 in District of Columbia, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #1,022 | 6 | 1 in 11,971 |
| California | #1,256 | 19 | 1 in 12,841 |
| New York | #1,373 | 8 | 1 in 14,848 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nicola
- 1,111 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #8,362)
- 1,184 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #8,362)
- 2,326 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1978 (#1,153 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1973 (#760 → #955)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1972 at #760 (183 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1971–1973
- Highest: 1 in 8,313 girls born in 1972 were named Nicola (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.0% of all girls named Nicola (1,320) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,975 (1920) | #4,975 |
| 1930s | 16 | #3,782 (1939) | #4,126 |
| 1940s | 277 | #1,276 (1946) | #1,910 |
| 1950s | 288 | #1,597 (1955) | #2,006 |
| 1960s | 685 | #888 (1969) | #1,462 |
| 1970s | 1,320 | #760 (1972) | #985 |
| 1980s | 864 | #1,206 (1980) | #1,471 |
| 1990s | 784 | #1,594 (1990) | #1,881 |
| 2000s | 528 | #2,178 (2002) | #3,133 |
| 2010s | 233 | #4,047 (2012) | #6,064 |
| 2020s | 78 | #6,169 (2023) | #8,275 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nicola in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 21,947 of them was named Nicola, which outranked 88.7% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,629Meagen85
- #1,629Miracle85
- #1,629Selene85
- #1,639Nicola84
- #1,639Amina84
- #1,639Benita84
- #1,639Brittini84
- #1,651Acacia83
- #1,651Alondra83
- #1,651Carmela83
Tied with 11 names at #1,639; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 41,686 of them was named Nicola, which outranked 82.2% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,615Ronaldo49
- #1,615Rylan49
- #1,615Shad49
- #1,641Nicola48
- #1,641Amin48
- #1,641Anthoney48
- #1,641Arjun48
- #1,658Ammon47
- #1,658Angus47
- #1,658Boris47
Tied with 16 names at #1,641; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.