Nicola

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex โ€” 54% girls / 46% boys

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Nicola or Nichola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name Nikolaos, derived from the nikฤ“ meaning "victory", and laos meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "victory of the people". Nicola is both a male and female name, depending on cultural norms.

From Wikipedia

Nicola first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 32 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 66 babies (rank #415 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nicola

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nicola yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,601
Total babies (all years)
32
Years in the data
66
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199144#567
199261#446
199366#415
199439#567
199553#502
199642#572
199747#536
199842#578
199945#543
200035#639
200138#619
200234#694
200328#809
200426#876
200525#931
200624#989
200720#1,181
200823#1,090
200923#1,121
201010#2,110
201123#1,098
20129#2,262
201313#1,730
201412#1,835
201513#1,700
201615#1,545
201712#1,885
20188#2,558
20199#2,330
20205#3,854
20228#2,499
20235#3,873