Nicola

girls:

5k births since 1920

#2376 (58th percentile)

boys:

2.9k births since 1908

#2319 (49th percentile)

overall:

8k births since 1908

#3024 (61st percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nicola".

1908 2023 19082023

Key Statistics

Total Births
5,050
Peak Births
183
Peak Year
1972
First Recorded
1920
Peak Percentile
23.4%
Current Percentile
1.5%
Peak Rank
#569
Current Rank
#933
Female statistics
Total Births
2,943
Peak Births
53
Peak Year
1972
First Recorded
1908
Peak Percentile
7.3%
Current Percentile
2.6%
Peak Rank
#261
Current Rank
#887
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Nicola

Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Nicola. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 39.1% confident that Nicola is pronounced as NIH-kuh-luh. The next most likely pronunciation is nih-KOH-luh, at 19.6% confidence.

nih-KOH-luh (3 syllables)
19.6% confidence
N IH0 K OW1 L AH0
nih-KOH-lah (3 syllables)
Verified
17.4% confidence
N IH0 K OW1 L AA0
NIH-koh-luh (3 syllables)
8.7% confidence
N IH1 K OW0 L AH0
NEE-koh-luh (3 syllables)
6.5% confidence
N IY1 K OW0 L AH0
NEE-kuh-luh (3 syllables)
4.3% confidence
N IY1 K AH0 L AH0
nih-KUH-luh (3 syllables)
4.3% confidence
N IH0 K AH1 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Nicola. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Nicola, please vote using the thumbs up button.

NIH-kuh-loh (3 syllables)
3 names 2.5k births
N IH1 K AH0 L OW0
NIH-KAY-luh (3 syllables)
1 name 205 births
N IH1 K EY1 L AH0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like N IH1 K AH0 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.