Nicolasa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nicolasa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,127 babies named Nicolasa between 1891 and 2016, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nicolasa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicolasa performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 288 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Nicolasa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 579 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicolasa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicolasa 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 1,127 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.