Nicaela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nicaela

The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Nicaela between 1985 and 1995, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nicaela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicaela performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nicaela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicaela 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 15 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.