Nikoletta

#12,817 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Nicoletta

Nikoletta has been given to 193 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #12,817 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Nikoletta, 2025

1 in 474,000

Nikoletta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nikoletta: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Nicoletta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nikoletta means

Nikoletta is a form of Nicoletta.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Nikoletta is used in Hungarian and Greek.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈni.ko.lɛt.tɒ/ for Nikoletta.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Nikoletta → Nicoletta → Nicola → Νικόλαος. The family’s meaning is “victory + people”, recorded in Ancient Greek with the source elements νῑ́κη and λᾱός.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nicoletta.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 193 girls were recorded with the name Nikoletta between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2016; its best national rank was #8,279 in 2016.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,964 in 2015 to #12,817 in 2025.

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 Nikoletta?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,817; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nikoletta 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 2025 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nikoletta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nikolettas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nikoletta was born before 2013 — so the typical Nikoletta is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 45.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 91.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 193; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 45.1% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Nikoletta 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: −955; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −2,853; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.64×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 2016 (14)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,279; 2016

Spellings of Nikoletta

Nikoletta is not the most common spelling — Nicolette is, with 73.9% against Nikoletta's 0.83%.

Nicolette73.9%17,129
Violetta14.3%3,308
Nicoletta8.7%2,023
Nikolette2.2%518
Nikoletta0.83%193

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.

Nikoletta around the world

Where Nikoletta 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
2010–2025
#4,867
in 2025
Canada
2016–2016
#3,204
in 2016
South Australia
1954–2009
#818
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nikoletta by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,817
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #8,279; 2016
Peak year: 2016; 14 that year
First recorded: 1994
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 193
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Nikoletta

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

Sibling names for Nikoletta

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Halie Sydnie Karleigh Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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