Recorded 1963–2018 Girls' name Peak 2008 225 births

Nica — girls' name

225 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.

1960s141970s401980s261990s572000s642010s24
2000s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Nica was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

12 babies were named Nica in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nica

The Social Security Administration has registered 225 babies named Nica between 1963 and 2018, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nica performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nica shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nica in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 225 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Nica at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

225

Since 1963

56 years of records

Peak year

2008

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1963

Recorded for 56 years

Last year on file: 2018

Nica popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1963

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2008)
12
Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
468101214 201820082004199719931989197819711963 6

Nica by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
64 births that decade — 28% of Nica's all-time total
1960s141970s401980s261990s572000s642010s24

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nica?
225 babies have been named Nica since 1963. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2008 with 12 births.
When was Nica most popular?
Nica was most popular in the 2000s decade with 64 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Nica been used?
Nica has been recorded in Social Security data since 1963, spanning 56 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Nica?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nicole, Nichole, Nicolette, Nicki, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.