girls:
864 births since 1942
#4852 (15th percentile)
boys:
127 births since 1974
#4459 (3rd percentile)
overall:
991 births since 1942
#6748 (13th percentile)
The name Nichola is the #6,748 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 991 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 12.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,852 (15.1% percentile) for all time with 864 births since 1942. For boys, it ranks #4,459 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 127 births since 1974.
Nichola first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for girls and 1974 for boys). Birth data for Nichola is available in 60 out of the 69 years between 1942 and 2010 (59 years for girls and 15 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nichola has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2010, 100.0% of babies named Nichola were girls.
For girls, Nichola reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #726) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
For boys, Nichola reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #745) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 6 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nichola".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Nichola. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.6% confident that Nichola is pronounced as NIH-kuh-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nih-KOH-luh, at 20.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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