Karla vs Nicola

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• New Zealand · Girls

  In 1975, Karla was ranked #88 and Nicola #2 among girls in New Zealand.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2014, Karla was ranked #365 and Nicola #314 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2020, Karla was ranked #700 and Nicola #628 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Karla was ranked #2605 and Nicola #4201 among girls in England and Wales.

Karla and Nicola over time

Karla and Nicola appear together in 3 published lists, across 89 years of shared records. Nicola held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Karla in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Nicola reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Karla in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• Republic of Ireland · Girls44 shared years, 1972–2020

  Karla held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Nicola in 44.

  Highest recorded here: Karla #194 in 1999, Nicola #17 in 1986.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2020: Karla #700, Nicola #628.

• England and Wales · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Karla held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Nicola in 27.

  Highest recorded here: Karla #433 in 1997, Nicola #87 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2023: Karla moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #1282; by 2023 that had become #1525 and #2689.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Karla #2605, Nicola #4201.

• Northern Ireland · Girls15 shared years, 1997–2014

  Karla held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Nicola in 14.

  Highest recorded here: Karla #155 in 1998, Nicola #72 in 1997.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2014: Karla #365, Nicola #314.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here