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Nichola

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Feminine form of Nicholas

Nichola has been given to 991 babies in the U.S. since 1942. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1969, with 42 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Nichola, 2010

1 in 739,000

Nichola over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Nichola over time

In 2010, Nichola went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19422010

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Nichola: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Nicholas

Ancient Greek

What Nichola means

Nichola is a feminine form of Nicholas.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Nichola is used in English (British).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɪk.ə.lə/ for Nichola.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Nichola → Nicholas. The family’s meaning is “victory + people”, recorded in English with the source elements νίκη and λαός.

Origin, language, and formation

Nichola is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nicholas and Nicola.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 864 girls were recorded with the name Nichola between 1942 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 42 in 1969; its best national rank was #1,948 in 1969.

In the United States, 127 boys were recorded with the name Nichola between 1974 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1989; its best national rank was #3,627 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Nichola?

Nichola had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010
1 in 739,000
5 of 3,695,928 births
Among girls only
1 in 355,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2010
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
512,366 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nichola sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2010 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 512,366 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nichola. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nicholas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nichola was born before 1975 — so the typical Nichola is around 50 today.

Median birth year
1975
About 50 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
31.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
19.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
796
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 31.9% of all recorded uses (276).

Is Nichola rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1969 (42)
Years since peak
56
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,948
1969

Spellings of Nichola

Nichola is not the most common spelling — Nicole is, with 87.0% against Nichola's 0.13%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Nichola is used

Across 1910–2025, Nichola was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,056,266 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nichola has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nichola around the world

Where Nichola ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2010
    #3,156
    in 2010
  • Scotland
    1974–2002
    #640
    in 2002
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–2000
    #220
    in 2000
  • Ireland
    1964–2007
    #842
    in 2007
  • Canada
    1991–1996
    #2,558
    in 1996
  • South Australia
    1953–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Nichola by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,948
1969
Peak year
1969
42 that year
First recorded
1942
Last recorded
2010
All-time count
864
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,627
1982
Peak year
1989
13 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
1996
All-time count
127
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nichola

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Nichola

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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