Nikola
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Nikola has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | 20 |
| 1999 | – | 19 |
| 2000 | – | 23 |
| 2001 | – | 18 |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | 10 |
| 2004 | – | 21 |
| 2005 | – | 21 |
| 2006 | – | 20 |
| 2007 | – | 17 |
| 2008 | 5 | 21 |
| 2009 | 5 | 22 |
| 2010 | 3 | 16 |
| 2011 | 4 | 22 |
| 2012 | 3 | 19 |
| 2013 | 10 | 16 |
| 2014 | 3 | 13 |
| 2015 | 6 | 12 |
| 2016 | 2 | 22 |
| 2017 | 9 | 17 |
| 2018 | 2 | 23 |
| 2019 | 2 | 20 |
| 2020 | – | 30 |
| 2021 | 2 | 40 |
| 2022 | – | 36 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 757 |
| 2000 | – | 783 |
| 2001 | – | 808 |
| 2002 | – | 820 |
| 2003 | – | 834 |
| 2004 | – | 858 |
| 2005 | 14 | 887 |
| 2006 | 22 | 916 |
| 2007 | 35 | 939 |
| 2008 | 56 | 964 |
| 2009 | 69 | 995 |
| 2010 | 87 | 1,011 |
| 2011 | 96 | 1,038 |
| 2012 | 112 | 1,083 |
| 2013 | 133 | 1,118 |
| 2014 | 153 | 1,156 |
| 2015 | 171 | 1,195 |
| 2016 | 179 | 1,250 |
| 2017 | 193 | 1,319 |
| 2018 | 198 | 1,384 |
| 2019 | 203 | 1,444 |
| 2020 | 211 | 1,489 |
Nikola in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Nikola.Hi! My name is Nikola.
- Jag ska fika med Nikola i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Nikola this afternoon.
- Vet du om Nikola kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Nikola is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Nikolas mamma är lärare.Nikola's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Nikolas mamma is Nikola's mum.
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Questions about Nikola
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How popular is Nikola in Sweden?
36 babies were named Nikola in 2022. In 2020, 1,700 people in Sweden had Nikola as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.