Nicolina — #5959 US girls' name
1,793 babies named Nicolina in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
15% of everyone ever named Nicolina was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Nicolina in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicolina
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,793 babies named Nicolina between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nicolina currently holds the #5959 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicolina performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Nicolina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 396 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicolina in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicolina 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 1,793 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.
Nicolina at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicolina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1897
- Peak year (2002)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 128 years of records
Currently ranks #5959 among girls.
1,793 total births across 128 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 34 births in a single year.
Nicolina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 264 births that decade — 15% of Nicolina's all-time total
Nicolina decade highlights
- Peak decade 264 births
- Runner-up 227 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Nicolina's strongest decade
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Nicolina by state
Where Nicolina concentrates geographically — total births since 1897
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 396 | 22.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 54 | 3.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 48 | 2.7% |
| #4 | California | | 17 | 0.9% |
396 of 1,793 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 22.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.0% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.7% of nationwide
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 22.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1897–2024 (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.