Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nichola*

#7,110 most common girls' name of all time · #11,938 across all names · 13% male / 87% female · used 1942–2010 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#7,110
Rank overall
#11,938 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
991
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1969 #1,948
Best rank
#1,948 1969
Girls Boys peak 42/yr
196019802000

Nichola first appears in 1942. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2010 5 5 #17,266
2006 11 11 #10,017
2003 6 6 #14,109
2002 6 6 #13,835
2001 9 9 #10,271
1999 11 11 #8,327
1998 10 10 #8,698
1997 7 7 #11,018
1996 6 5 11 #12,063
1995 10 10 #8,219
1994 6 6 #12,038
1993 10 10
1992 9 6 15 #8,896
1991 10 7 17 #8,130
1990 9 6 15 #8,660
1989 15 13 28 #5,629
1988 10 10 20 #7,244
1987 15 15 #5,142
1986 17 12 29 #4,607
1985 13 12 25 #5,455
1984 22 22 #3,652
1983 25 7 32 #3,284
1982 18 12 30 #4,233
1981 25 5 30 #3,383
1980 27 5 32 #3,162
1979 30 10 40 #2,893
1978 25 25 #3,140
1977 27 27 #2,951
1976 29 29 #2,689
1975 23 23 #3,107
1974 26 7 33 #2,799
1973 30 30 #2,479
1972 30 30 #2,430
1971 26 26 #2,770
1970 30 30 #2,497
1969 42 42 #1,948
1968 21 21 #2,841
1967 18 18 #3,044
1966 9 9 #4,680
1965 9 9 #4,657
1964 18 18 #3,069
1963 11 11 #4,162
1962 6 6 #6,230
1961 10 10 #4,419
1959 7 7 #5,370
1958 12 12 #3,687
1956 6 6 #5,726
1955 7 7 #5,052
1954 5 5 #6,274
1953 6 6 #5,454
1952 8 8 #4,396
1951 9 9 #3,946
1950 14 14 #2,897
1949 13 13 #2,986
1948 9 9 #3,836
1947 11 11 #3,427
1946 16 16 #2,476
1945 9 9 #3,371
1943 5 5 #5,292
1942 5 5 #5,342