Nica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-ka
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Nica is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Nica come from?
Perhaps a short form of Nicole or Veronica
Is Nica a girl's or a boy's name?
Nica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Nica, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had more girls named Nica than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Nica in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were given Nica or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,374, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
- Nika 50
- Nica 8
Nica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
Names like Nica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma Nina Nora Samantha Kayla Anna Gianna Tessa Eliza Jenna Ella Bella
Other spellings of Nica
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nica, updated 20 October 2026.