Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Nicola” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nicola” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nicola” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nicola” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nicola” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nicola” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nicola” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nicola” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 17 0.000017205 17 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 -100%
1915 31 0.000016917 31 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 -100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 -100%
1919 28 0.000013269 28 -100%
1920 30 0.000013259 5 25 -67%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 -100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 -100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1938 12 0.000005424 5 7 -17%
1939 14 0.000006354 6 8 -14%
1940 21 0.00000912 9 12 -14%
1941 24 0.00000985 15 9 25%
1942 21 0.000007687 12 9 14%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 100%
1944 23 0.00000855 17 6 48%
1945 45 0.000016963 38 7 69%
1946 58 0.000018152 46 12 59%
1947 43 0.000011937 35 8 63%
1948 62 0.000017958 50 12 61%
1949 48 0.000013774 39 9 63%
1950 43 0.000012274 30 13 40%
1951 32 0.000008687 17 15 6%
1952 33 0.000008689 22 11 33%
1953 40 0.00001038 31 9 55%
1954 53 0.000013314 36 17 36%
1955 51 0.000012702 41 10 61%
1956 51 0.00001237 27 24 6%
1957 53 0.000012613 28 25 6%
1958 54 0.000013063 36 18 33%
1959 35 0.000008418 20 15 14%
1960 62 0.000014926 30 32 -3%
1961 59 0.000014243 35 24 19%
1962 77 0.000019081 51 26 32%
1963 97 0.000024506 54 43 11%
1964 81 0.000020835 44 37 9%
1965 98 0.000027031 58 40 18%
1966 105 0.00003021 72 33 37%
1967 106 0.000031223 87 19 64%
1968 147 0.000043512 113 34 54%
1969 188 0.000054096 141 47 50%
1970 167 0.000046305 120 47 44%
1971 188 0.000054773 143 45 52%
1972 236 0.000075088 183 53 55%
1973 173 0.000057344 126 47 46%
1974 156 0.000051316 114 42 46%
1975 172 0.000056965 129 43 50%
1976 160 0.00005273 121 39 51%
1977 149 0.000046907 109 40 46%
1978 180 0.000056713 137 43 52%
1979 180 0.000054103 138 42 53%
1980 140 0.000040644 109 31 56%
1981 124 0.000035845 93 31 50%
1982 124 0.000035348 94 30 52%
1983 121 0.000034937 94 27 55%
1984 110 0.00003153 79 31 44%
1985 121 0.000033902 87 34 44%
1986 110 0.000030924 81 29 47%
1987 104 0.000028844 79 25 52%
1988 97 0.000026251 64 33 32%
1989 132 0.000034335 84 48 27%
1990 137 0.000034662 94 43 37%
1991 131 0.000033631 85 46 30%
1992 138 0.000035926 95 43 38%
1993 121 0.000032093 83 38 37%
1994 114 0.000030665 76 38 33%
1995 119 0.000032495 77 42 29%
1996 113 0.000030983 73 40 29%
1997 115 0.000031718 67 48 17%
1998 103 0.000028003 68 35 32%
1999 107 0.000028967 66 41 23%
2000 97 0.000025662 54 43 11%
2001 100 0.000026714 58 42 16%
2002 109 0.000029158 76 33 39%
2003 100 0.0000263 60 40 20%
2004 103 0.000026957 70 33 36%
2005 76 0.000019767 50 26 32%
2006 70 0.000017694 40 30 14%
2007 84 0.000021012 47 37 12%
2008 76 0.000019335 39 37 3%
2009 62 0.00001623 34 28 10%
2010 56 0.000015153 33 23 18%
2011 57 0.000015583 30 27 5%
2012 60 0.000016405 37 23 23%
2013 38 0.000010423 16 22 -16%
2014 51 0.00001376 33 18 29%
2015 52 0.000014051 21 31 -19%
2016 41 0.000011176 21 20 2%
2017 37 0.000010346 11 26 -41%
2018 43 0.00001223 15 28 -30%
2019 43 0.000012389 16 27 -26%
2020 36 0.000010777 10 26 -44%
2021 44 0.000012987 9 35 -59%
2022 50 0.000014779 13 37 -48%
2023 48 0.000014496 19 29 -21%
2024 50 0.000015022 15 35 -40%

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