Nicolasa
Nicolasa is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192043 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1891
- 1,127people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,127 girls have been named Nicolasa in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 43 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 43 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 26%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nicolasa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | |
| 1900s | 29 | |
| 1910s | 125 | |
| 1920s | 288 | |
| 1930s | 162 | |
| 1940s | 111 | |
| 1950s | 58 | |
| 1960s | 37 | |
| 1970s | 99 | |
| 1980s | 70 | |
| 1990s | 89 | |
| 2000s | 35 | |
| 2010s | 6 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Nicolasa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Nicolasa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ignaciapeak 1926
- Concepcionpeak 1925
- Jeanepeak 1924
- Omegapeak 1925
- Rufinapeak 1928
- Lavenapeak 1922
- Marjorypeak 1921
- Alenepeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.