Nicola**
#1,848 most common girls' name of all time · #3,178 across all names · 37% male / 63% female · used 1908–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,848
Rank overall
#3,178 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
8,090
Since 2016
432
Peak year
1972 #761
Best rank
#761 1972
Girls
Boys
peak 236/yr
Nicola first appears in 1908. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 28 | 40 | #8,401 |
| 2024 | 15 | 35 | 50 | #7,296 |
| 2023 | 19 | 29 | 48 | #6,185 |
| 2022 | 13 | 37 | 50 | #8,079 |
| 2021 | 9 | 35 | 44 | #10,349 |
| 2020 | 10 | 26 | 36 | #9,607 |
| 2019 | 16 | 27 | 43 | #7,054 |
| 2018 | 15 | 28 | 43 | #7,438 |
| 2017 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #9,384 |
| 2016 | 21 | 20 | 41 | #6,005 |
| 2015 | 21 | 31 | 52 | #6,053 |
| 2014 | 33 | 18 | 51 | #4,364 |
| 2013 | 16 | 22 | 38 | #7,405 |
| 2012 | 37 | 23 | 60 | #4,052 |
| 2011 | 30 | 27 | 57 | #4,694 |
| 2010 | 33 | 23 | 56 | #4,409 |
| 2009 | 34 | 28 | 62 | #4,379 |
| 2008 | 39 | 37 | 76 | #4,017 |
| 2007 | 47 | 37 | 84 | #3,491 |
| 2006 | 40 | 30 | 70 | #3,804 |
| 2005 | 50 | 26 | 76 | #3,132 |
| 2004 | 70 | 33 | 103 | #2,428 |
| 2003 | 60 | 40 | 100 | #2,642 |
| 2002 | 76 | 33 | 109 | #2,181 |
| 2001 | 58 | 42 | 100 | #2,607 |
| 2000 | 54 | 43 | 97 | #2,714 |
| 1999 | 66 | 41 | 107 | #2,267 |
| 1998 | 68 | 35 | 103 | #2,127 |
| 1997 | 67 | 48 | 115 | #2,103 |
| 1996 | 73 | 40 | 113 | #1,949 |
| 1995 | 77 | 42 | 119 | #1,838 |
| 1994 | 76 | 38 | 114 | #1,872 |
| 1993 | 83 | 38 | 121 | #1,765 |
| 1992 | 95 | 43 | 138 | #1,617 |
| 1991 | 85 | 46 | 131 | #1,710 |
| 1990 | 94 | 42 | 136 | #1,595 |
| 1989 | 84 | 48 | 132 | #1,642 |
| 1988 | 64 | 33 | 97 | #1,915 |
| 1987 | 79 | 25 | 104 | #1,586 |
| 1986 | 81 | 29 | 110 | #1,517 |
| 1985 | 87 | 34 | 121 | #1,441 |
| 1984 | 79 | 31 | 110 | #1,465 |
| 1983 | 94 | 27 | 121 | #1,295 |
| 1982 | 94 | 31 | 125 | #1,330 |
| 1981 | 93 | 31 | 124 | #1,344 |
| 1980 | 109 | 31 | 140 | #1,210 |
| 1979 | 138 | 42 | 180 | #1,021 |
| 1978 | 137 | 43 | 180 | #995 |
| 1977 | 109 | 40 | 149 | #1,153 |
| 1976 | 121 | 39 | 160 | #1,027 |
| 1975 | 129 | 43 | 172 | #965 |
| 1974 | 114 | 42 | 156 | #1,043 |
| 1973 | 126 | 47 | 173 | #955 |
| 1972 | 183 | 53 | 236 | #761 |
| 1971 | 143 | 45 | 188 | #914 |
| 1970 | 120 | 47 | 167 | #1,030 |
| 1969 | 141 | 47 | 188 | #889 |
| 1968 | 113 | 34 | 147 | #982 |
| 1967 | 87 | 19 | 106 | #1,137 |
| 1966 | 72 | 33 | 105 | #1,279 |
| 1965 | 58 | 40 | 98 | #1,449 |
| 1964 | 44 | 37 | 81 | #1,762 |
| 1963 | 54 | 43 | 97 | #1,534 |
| 1962 | 51 | 26 | 77 | #1,584 |
| 1961 | 35 | 24 | 59 | #1,974 |
| 1960 | 30 | 32 | 62 | #2,116 |
| 1959 | 20 | 16 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 1958 | 36 | 19 | 55 | #1,833 |
| 1957 | 28 | 25 | 53 | #2,088 |
| 1956 | 27 | 24 | 51 | #2,119 |
| 1955 | 41 | 10 | 51 | #1,604 |
| 1954 | 36 | 17 | 53 | #1,717 |
| 1953 | 31 | 9 | 40 | #1,807 |
| 1952 | 22 | 11 | 33 | #2,232 |
| 1951 | 17 | 15 | 32 | #2,519 |
| 1950 | 30 | 13 | 43 | #1,740 |
| 1949 | 39 | 9 | 48 | #1,481 |
| 1948 | 50 | 12 | 62 | #1,307 |
| 1947 | 35 | 8 | 43 | #1,624 |
| 1946 | 46 | 12 | 58 | #1,284 |
| 1945 | 38 | 7 | 45 | #1,304 |
| 1944 | 17 | 6 | 23 | #2,150 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,300 |
| 1942 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #2,750 |
| 1941 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #2,233 |
| 1940 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #3,073 |
| 1939 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #3,944 |
| 1938 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #4,546 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,479 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1935 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1934 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1933 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1932 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1929 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1928 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1927 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1926 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1925 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1924 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1923 | — | 24 | 24 | — |
| 1922 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1921 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #5,193 |
| 1919 | — | 28 | 28 | — |
| 1918 | — | 29 | 29 | — |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 1916 | — | 25 | 25 | — |
| 1915 | — | 31 | 31 | — |
| 1914 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1913 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1912 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | — |