Girls' name · since 1943
Nickola
131 babies named Nickola in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 131
- born since 1943
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nickola sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 131 recorded since 1943.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nickola has been recorded 131 times among girls since 1943, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1981.
- #24,193 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 131 born since 1943
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nickola ranks #24,193 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 131 born since 1943, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 131
- born since 1943
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nickola's 131 recorded births place it above 66.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nickola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nickola splits its recorded history at 1970: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1950 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nickola popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1981
- Peak year (1972)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Nickola popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1949 (Nickola as boys' name)
Nickola by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (48 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Nickola's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Nickola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
28 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 48 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Nickola's decade-level peak was the 1970s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1980s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nickola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1943–1981 (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 Nickola 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.