Nicola Name Popularity

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How popular is Nicola?

The rare name Nicola was the 7,595th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Nicola, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #761 in 1972 with 183 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Nicola in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1936.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Nicola occurred roughly during the years 1942-1946, 1951-1955, 1959-1962, and 1963-1972, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1985-1988, 2002-2006, 2010-2013, and 2014-2017.

Sometimes the name Nicola has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Nicola popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

Nicola's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Nicola has remained about the same.

The name Nicola is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Nicola has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Nicola (Girl)		Nicola (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		15	7,595	28	3,835
2017		11	9,746	26	4,051
2016		21	6,123	20	4,877
2015		21	6,177	31	3,560
2014		33	4,420	18	5,194
2013		16	7,639	22	4,416
2012		37	4,092	23	4,344
2011		30	4,774	27	3,860
2010		33	4,469	23	4,329
2009		34	4,440	28	3,794
2008		39	4,063	37	3,144
2007		47	3,515	37	3,116
2006		40	3,834	30	3,501
2005		50	3,157	26	3,686
2004		70	2,436	33	3,053
2003		60	2,663	40	2,566
2002		76	2,190	33	2,866
2001		58	2,619	42	2,370
2000		54	2,730	43	2,281
1999		66	2,278	41	2,253
1998		68	2,139	35	2,485
1997		67	2,109	48	1,923
1996		73	1,957	40	2,130
1995		77	1,849	42	2,011
1994		77	1,853	37	2,207
1993		82	1,793	38	2,114
1992		95	1,616	43	1,901
1991		85	1,721	46	1,759
1990		94	1,601	42	1,862
1989		83	1,664	48	1,652
1988		64	1,927	33	1,979
1987		79	1,588	25	2,311
1986		81	1,522	29	2,040
1985		87	1,444	34	1,777
1984		79	1,471	31	1,823
1983		93	1,306	27	1,998
1982		93	1,342	30	1,875
1981		93	1,347	31	1,849
1980		109	1,212	31	1,839
1979		138	1,022	41	1,481
1978		137	998	43	1,429
1977		109	1,156	40	1,469
1976		121	1,029	38	1,464
1975		129	969	43	1,335
1974		114	1,045	41	1,347
1973		127	954	46	1,227
1972		183	761	53	1,124
1971		143	915	45	1,249
1970		120	1,033	46	1,231
1969		141	889	48	1,133
1968		113	981	34	1,335
1967		87	1,137	19	1,839
1966		72	1,279	33	1,338
1965		58	1,456	39	1,229
1964		44	1,768	37	1,303
1963		54	1,536	43	1,186
1962		51	1,590	25	1,611
1961		35	1,982	23	1,720
1960		30	2,133	31	1,450
1959		20	2,649	15	2,169
1958		36	1,842	18	1,940
1957		28	2,106	25	1,619
1956		27	2,137	24	1,627
1955		41	1,612	11	2,526
1954		36	1,725	16	2,018
1953		31	1,818	9	2,849
1952		22	2,247	11	2,464
1951		17	2,543	15	2,024
1950		30	1,754	13	2,172
1949		39	1,482	9	2,744
1948		50	1,307	12	2,293
1947		35	1,623	8	3,027
1946		46	1,284	12	2,236
1945		38	1,306	7	2,920
1944		17	2,174	6	3,344
1943		17	2,219	< 5	--
1942		11	2,942	9	2,660
1941		15	2,248	9	2,600
1940		9	3,137	12	2,155
1939		6	4,122	8	2,752
1938		5	4,814	7	3,082
1937		5	4,746	< 5	--
1936		< 5	--	7	3,072
1935		< 5	--	9	2,657
1934		< 5	--	12	2,218
1933		< 5	--	9	2,674
1932		< 5	--	10	2,583
1931		< 5	--	13	2,173
1930		< 5	--	9	2,938
1929		< 5	--	21	1,655
1928		< 5	--	16	2,021
1927		< 5	--	14	2,263
1926		< 5	--	18	1,888
1925		< 5	--	16	2,058
1924		< 5	--	22	1,711
1923		< 5	--	24	1,578
1922		< 5	--	13	2,442
1921		< 5	--	19	1,875
1920		5	5,555	25	1,536
1919		< 5	--	28	1,373
1918		< 5	--	29	1,333
1917		< 5	--	23	1,519
1916		< 5	--	25	1,404
1915		< 5	--	31	1,178
1914		< 5	--	18	1,477
1913		< 5	--	15	1,421
1912		< 5	--	17	1,164
1911		< 5	--	6	1,682
1910		< 5	--	5	1,775
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1908		< 5	--	6	1,322
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.