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.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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