Nicola
Nicola was the 3920th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 1124th with 53 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 354 places. More babies were named Nicola in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,920 boys, up 74 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 28boys
- Girls and boys
- 29% girls, 71% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197253 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,090babies recorded
Nicola popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,720 | #3,920 | 12 | 28 |
| 2020 | #10,074 | #3,994 | 10 | 26 |
| 2010 | #4,471 | #4,332 | 33 | 23 |
| 2000 | #2,732 | #2,284 | 54 | 43 |
| 1990 | #1,602 | #1,862 | 94 | 42 |
| 1980 | #1,211 | #1,839 | 109 | 31 |
| 1970 | #1,034 | #1,215 | 120 | 47 |
| 1960 | #2,134 | #1,421 | 30 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,754 | #2,172 | 30 | 13 |
| 1940 | #3,139 | #2,154 | 9 | 12 |
| 1930 | — | #2,941 | — | 9 |
| 1920 | #5,555 | #1,536 | 5 | 25 |
| 1910 | — | #1,775 | — | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Nicola, counting every spelling?
Nicola has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Nicola?
28 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nicola (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Nicola born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 298 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nicola.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nicola?
About 2,300 people born in the US named Nicola are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 21 and 53. That makes Nicola mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Nicola by state
How common Nicola was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (2.3×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Nicola
How popular is the name Nicola?
Nicola was the 3920th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 1124th with 53 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 354 places. More babies were named Nicola in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Nicola a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 29% girls, 71% boys given the name Nicola in the US.
Where is Nicola most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nicola was most common in Florida (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and California.