Nikola*
#1,993 most common boys' name of all time · #4,799 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1948–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,993
Rank overall
#4,799 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
4,102
Since 2016
1,408
Peak year
2020 #1,238
Best rank
#1,238 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 159/yr
Nikola first appears in 1948. 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 | 7 | 102 | 109 | #1,652 |
| 2024 | 6 | 108 | 114 | #1,593 |
| 2023 | 6 | 126 | 132 | #1,441 |
| 2022 | 9 | 125 | 134 | #1,453 |
| 2021 | 12 | 147 | 159 | #1,292 |
| 2020 | 8 | 151 | 159 | #1,238 |
| 2019 | 18 | 134 | 152 | #1,343 |
| 2018 | 10 | 148 | 158 | #1,247 |
| 2017 | 9 | 132 | 141 | #1,353 |
| 2016 | 18 | 132 | 150 | #1,352 |
| 2015 | 16 | 141 | 157 | #1,277 |
| 2014 | 13 | 120 | 133 | #1,408 |
| 2013 | 11 | 110 | 121 | #1,486 |
| 2012 | 12 | 102 | 114 | #1,553 |
| 2011 | 9 | 97 | 106 | #1,595 |
| 2010 | 16 | 81 | 97 | #1,808 |
| 2009 | 11 | 81 | 92 | #1,830 |
| 2008 | 11 | 88 | 99 | #1,726 |
| 2007 | 11 | 65 | 76 | #2,102 |
| 2006 | 11 | 71 | 82 | #1,902 |
| 2005 | 16 | 61 | 77 | #2,045 |
| 2004 | 10 | 73 | 83 | #1,738 |
| 2003 | 5 | 54 | 59 | #2,085 |
| 2002 | 10 | 59 | 69 | #1,901 |
| 2001 | 10 | 76 | 86 | #1,581 |
| 2000 | 13 | 64 | 77 | #1,747 |
| 1999 | 9 | 56 | 65 | #1,786 |
| 1998 | 11 | 45 | 56 | #2,079 |
| 1997 | 8 | 38 | 46 | #2,244 |
| 1996 | 15 | 41 | 56 | #2,092 |
| 1995 | 10 | 40 | 50 | #2,080 |
| 1994 | 12 | 50 | 62 | #1,762 |
| 1993 | 10 | 46 | 56 | #1,835 |
| 1992 | 10 | 26 | 36 | #2,706 |
| 1991 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #2,437 |
| 1990 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #2,144 |
| 1989 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #2,434 |
| 1988 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,807 |
| 1987 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #3,129 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,747 |
| 1985 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #2,401 |
| 1984 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #2,769 |
| 1983 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #3,317 |
| 1982 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #2,090 |
| 1981 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #2,538 |
| 1980 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #2,492 |
| 1979 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #2,530 |
| 1978 | 13 | 20 | 33 | #2,334 |
| 1977 | 16 | 19 | 35 | #2,413 |
| 1976 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #2,893 |
| 1975 | 18 | 18 | 36 | #2,417 |
| 1974 | 14 | 13 | 27 | #2,886 |
| 1973 | 19 | 7 | 26 | #4,270 |
| 1972 | 20 | 14 | 34 | #2,619 |
| 1971 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #3,546 |
| 1970 | 17 | 12 | 29 | #2,849 |
| 1969 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #3,503 |
| 1968 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,968 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #2,937 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,521 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,490 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,580 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,453 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | — |