Girls' name · since 1992
Nikolina
Nikolina has 452 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,585 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,572 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 452
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nikolina currently ranks #8572 among girls' names in America, with 452 babies recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikolina has been recorded 452 times among girls since 1992, currently ranked #8572 nationally and more common than 50% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #12,585 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,572 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 452 born since 1992
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikolina ranks #12,585 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,572 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 452 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,585 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,572 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 452
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nikolina's 452 recorded births place it above 82.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nikolina compares
452 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nikolina's all-time total is 20% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nikolina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 452 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nikolina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nikolina's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nikolina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Nikolina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (166 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Nikolina's strongest decade.
166 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Nikolina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 54
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
163 births
- 2010s
2010s
166 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 166 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Nikolina's data
- Nikolina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (166 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikolina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
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, 1992–2025 (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 Nikolina 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.