Nikola

Boy · recorded 1960–2025

  • #1,644in 2025
  • 1 in 16,745boys in 2025
  • −19%last ten years
  • 3.6×in Illinois

Most popular in 2020. Quieter now: down 19% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1960

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 63 recorded years as a table
Nikola, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19602
19613
19626
19644
19665
19683
19694
19706
19715
19729
19734
19748
197512
19769
197712
197812
197911
198011
198111
198214
19837
19849
198512
19867
19879
198810
198913
199017
199114
199213
199323
199426
199521
199622
199720
199824
199929
200033
200139
200230
200327
200437
200531
200635
200731
200843
200941
201042
201151
201254
201358
201462
201574
201670
201771
201881
201975
202087
202184
202272
202374
202463
202560

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Illinois 3.6×
  2. Florida 1.6×
  3. California 1.5×
  4. New York 1.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
102
Rank in 2025
#1,644
How rare
1 in 16,745 boys
Since 1960
3,444

Most popular in 2020, at 87 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 19% per million boys born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Illinois3.6×35
Florida1.6×29
California1.5×54
New York1.5×25

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.