Nichola
- Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992
- Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
- Given to girls 87.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 864since 1942
Nichola over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
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| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
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| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
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| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
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| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
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| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1942
The first year at least five girls were named Nichola! It came in at #4,622, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1942–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nichola is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nichola in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nichola
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1969 at #1,927 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,167
- Highest: 1 in 40,167 girls born in 1969 were named Nichola (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 355,519 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 31.9% of all girls named Nichola (276) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
- Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 68 | #2,392 (1946) | #3,503 |
| 1950s | 74 | #2,781 (1950) | #4,450 |
| 1960s | 144 | #1,927 (1969) | #3,754 |
| 1970s | 276 | #2,398 (1972) | #2,738 |
| 1980s | 187 | #3,134 (1980) | #4,511 |
| 1990s | 78 | #7,987 (1991) | #9,392 |
| 2000s | 32 | #9,901 (2006) | #11,861 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,992 (2010) | #16,992 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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