Nikola
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- #1,644 for boys in 2025, 102 births
- Given to boys 84.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 151 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,444since 1960
Nikola 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 | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #1,644 | 102 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #1,589 | 108 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,440 | 126 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #1,447 | 125 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #1,291 | 147 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #1,237 | 151 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | #1,340 | 134 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #1,244 | 148 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #1,348 | 132 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 | #1,349 | 132 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #1,271 | 141 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #1,402 | 120 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #1,483 | 110 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #1,551 | 102 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #1,587 | 97 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #1,806 | 81 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #1,825 | 81 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #1,719 | 88 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #2,094 | 65 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #1,893 | 71 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #2,035 | 61 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,731 | 73 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #2,077 | 54 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #1,888 | 59 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #1,572 | 76 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #1,742 | 64 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #1,778 | 56 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #2,068 | 45 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #2,228 | 38 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #2,073 | 41 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #1,753 | 50 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #1,824 | 46 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #2,406 | 29 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #2,128 | 34 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #2,416 | 27 |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #2,059 | 26 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #3,282 | 7 |
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| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1960
The first year at least five boys were named Nikola! It came in at #4,038, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1963, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Nikola is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Illinois#752 · 1 in 4,505
- Wisconsin#785 · 1 in 4,686
- Ohio#855 · 1 in 5,837
- Washington#898 · 1 in 5,466
- Florida#1,256 · 1 in 10,615
Best ever in a state: #477 in Nevada, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #752 | 11 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Wisconsin | #785 | 5 | 1 in 4,686 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Washington | #898 | 6 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Florida | #1,256 | 9 | 1 in 10,615 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
| New York | #1,576 | 6 | 1 in 14,070 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nikola
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 407 spots since 2020 (#1,237 → #1,644)
Rise & fade · boys
60 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 2020 at #1,237 (151 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,431
- Highest: 1 in 11,431 boys born in 2020 were named Nikola (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,746 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 34.8% of all boys named Nikola (1,197) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1976
- Mostly girls until 1975, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54 | #2,364 (1962) | #3,259 |
| 1970s | 145 | #2,279 (1978) | #2,779 |
| 1980s | 192 | #2,059 (1982) | #2,720 |
| 1990s | 405 | #1,753 (1994) | #2,098 |
| 2000s | 692 | #1,572 (2001) | #1,858 |
| 2010s | 1,197 | #1,244 (2018) | #1,438 |
| 2020s | 759 | #1,237 (2020) | #1,441 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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