Girls' name · since 1963
Nica
233 babies named Nica in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,126 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 233
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nica is the #11126 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 233 recorded since 1963.
Social Security Administration records show Nica recorded 233 times among girls since 1963, holding rank #11126 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #18,285 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,126 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 233 born since 1963
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nica ranks #18,285 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,126 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 233 born since 1963, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,126 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 233
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nica's 233 recorded births place it above 74.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nica compares
233 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nica's all-time total is 38% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nica | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 233 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nica's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Nica by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (64 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Nica's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Nica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s 24
2010s
24 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 64 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Nica's decade-level peak was the 2000s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~62 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nica draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.