Neutral
Nicola
Rooted in Italian, Nicola is a gender-neutral name that means "Italian variant of Nicholas". It is not as common as it was in the 1970s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
ItalianItalian variant of Nicholas
EtymologyMeaning "victory of the people"
Births by decade
1900s
6
1910s
197
1920s
193
1930s
100
1940s
361
1950s
444
1960s
1,017
1970s
1,757
1980s
1,179
1990s
1,196
2000s
877
2010s
392
Peaked in the 1970s · 7,719 total U.S. births since 1900