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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Illinois#644 · 1 in 3,583
- Arizona#920 · 1 in 6,500
- Florida#940 · 1 in 6,730
- California#1,037 · 1 in 8,994
- New York#1,060 · 1 in 7,797
Best ever in a state: #477 in Nevada, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #644 | 14 | 1 in 3,583 |
| Arizona | #920 | 5 | 1 in 6,500 |
| Florida | #940 | 14 | 1 in 6,730 |
| California | #1,037 | 20 | 1 in 8,994 |
| New York | #1,060 | 11 | 1 in 7,797 |
| Ohio | #1,286 | 5 | 1 in 10,496 |
| Texas | #1,923 | 8 | 1 in 22,176 |
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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
- 55 spots since 2024 (#1,589 → #1,644)
- 407 spots since 2020 (#1,237 → #1,644)
- 373 spots since 2015 (#1,271 → #1,644)
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 2020 at #1,237 (151 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 34.8% of all boys named Nikola (1,197) were born in this decade
- 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.
Nikola in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 267,430 of them was named Nikola, which outranked 23.6% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,197Zyasia7
- #12,197Zyniah7
- #12,197Zyri7
- #13,462Nikola6
- #13,462Aabha6
- #13,462Aadiya6
- #13,462Aalana6
- #15,194Aagya5
- #15,194Aala5
- #15,194Aalaiya5
Tied with 1,731 names at #13,462; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 13,576 of them was named Nikola, which outranked 89.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,432Makoa127
- #1,432Ravi127
- #1,432Yunus127
- #1,440Nikola126
- #1,440Akiva126
- #1,440Cian126
- #1,440Ivar126
- #1,449Aleksander125
- #1,449Brent125
- #1,449Clifford125
Tied with 8 names at #1,440; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.