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Nikola

“Victor for the people” — Greek, via Slavic languages origin

Boy's name · #1644 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Nikola has appeared in US records since 1960 — best rank #1237 (2020) · 3,444 babies named Nikola all-time · 1 in 17,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #10 in Bosnia (Rep. Srpska) (2025) · #35 in Croatia (2025) · #86 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Nikolas

• Nikola Tesla — Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
• Nikola Gruevski — politician from North Macedonia
• Nikola Jokić — Serbian basketball player
• Nikola Kalinić — Croatian association football player
• Nikola Žigić — Serbian footballer

In stories & tradition

• Nikola Stojšić — Before dawn : a novel in two parts

What Nikolas become

Among 2,007 notable people named Nikola:

Military figures appear 2.27× more often than among typical names — e.g. Nikola VII Zrinski, Croatian military commander (1620-1664).

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