Nikala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikala

The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Nikala between 1991 and 2005, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nikala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikala 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 113 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.