The first name Nikola

In 2025, 13 boys were named Nikola, making it the 1,897th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2010, with 175 births (#283).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Nikola with other names.

In 2025, 102 boys born in the United States were named Nikola, the 1,651st most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2020, when 151 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Nikola Gruevski
  Former politician from North Macedonia, born 1970
• Nikola Kalinić
  Croatian association football player, born 1988
• Nikola Vlašić
  Croatian footballer, born 1997
• Nikola Karabatić
  French handball player, born 1984
• Nikola VII Zrinski
  Croatian military commander (1620-1664)
• Nikola Moro
  Croatian association football player, born 1998
• Nikola Šubić Zrinski
  Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and general (1508–1566)
• Nikola Katić
  Bosnian association football player (born 1996)
• Nikola Pilić
  Croatian tennis coach and former Yugoslavian tennis player, 1939–2025
• Nikola Špirić
  Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2007 to 2012
• Nikola Mektić
  Croatian tennis player, born 1988
• Nikola Vasilj
  Bosnian association football player, born 1995

How popular is the name Nikola?

In 2025, 13 boys born in England and Wales were named Nikola, ranking 1,897th. Its peak was 2010, with 175 births.

Is Nikola a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. Of the 4,102 US babies named Nikola since 1880, 16% were girls and 84% boys.

When was Nikola most popular?

2020 in the United States, when 151 babies were named Nikola, its highest rank at 1,239th.