Nicholas
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #112 for boys in 2025, 3,115 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 25,639 births
- Debut · boys
- 73 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 51 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 926,047since 1880
Nicholas over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #112 | 3,115 |
| 2024 | — | #117 | 3,038 | |
| 2023 | — | #109 | 3,261 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #97 | 3,643 |
| 2021 | — | #92 | 3,866 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #87 | 4,065 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #78 | 4,642 |
| 2018 | — | #74 | 4,847 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #68 | 5,372 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #63 | 5,765 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #62 | 6,263 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #57 | 6,779 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #54 | 7,147 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #49 | 7,742 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #42 | 8,601 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #37 | 9,653 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | #32 | 10,856 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | #29 | 12,533 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #20 | 14,362 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #17 | 15,675 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | #15 | 17,076 |
| 2004 | #2,370 | 72 | #13 | 18,519 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 | #12 | 19,696 |
| 2002 | #3,461 | 39 | #9 | 21,390 |
| 2001 | #3,703 | 35 | #6 | 22,849 |
| 2000 | #3,404 | 39 | #6 | 24,653 |
| 1999 | #3,245 | 39 | #5 | 25,639 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 | #6 | 26,632 |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 | #6 | 27,258 |
| 1996 | #2,451 | 52 | #6 | 27,724 |
| 1995 | #2,345 | 56 | #7 | 29,160 |
| 1994 | #2,079 | 66 | #9 | 27,770 |
| 1993 | #1,653 | 91 | #8 | 28,114 |
| 1992 | #1,798 | 80 | #12 | 27,762 |
| 1991 | #1,766 | 81 | #12 | 27,357 |
| 1990 | #1,974 | 69 | #14 | 27,913 |
| 1989 | #1,288 | 122 | #14 | 28,230 |
| 1988 | #1,132 | 135 | #14 | 25,303 |
| 1987 | #983 | 160 | #16 | 23,247 |
| 1986 | #1,097 | 135 | #17 | 22,800 |
| 1985 | #957 | 162 | #19 | 22,384 |
| 1984 | #988 | 146 | #20 | 21,017 |
| 1983 | #1,037 | 135 | #21 | 19,891 |
| 1982 | #1,058 | 136 | #22 | 19,643 |
| 1981 | #1,114 | 124 | #21 | 19,775 |
| 1980 | #1,030 | 139 | #17 | 21,018 |
| 1979 | #1,012 | 140 | #15 | 21,344 |
| 1978 | #1,169 | 108 | #25 | 16,342 |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 | #51 | 6,071 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | #77 | 3,466 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #81 | 3,319 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #80 | 3,218 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | #85 | 3,153 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #99 | 2,843 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | #123 | 2,608 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #123 | 2,704 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #123 | 2,577 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | #118 | 2,548 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #130 | 2,288 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #139 | 2,139 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #149 | 2,068 |
| 1964 | — | #158 | 2,069 | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #155 | 2,130 |
| 1962 | — | #155 | 2,144 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #158 | 2,078 |
| 1960 | — | #153 | 2,298 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #156 | 2,196 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #153 | 2,189 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #152 | 2,197 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #147 | 2,212 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #141 | 2,186 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #134 | 2,368 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #131 | 2,359 |
| 1952 | — | #127 | 2,343 | |
| 1951 | — | #120 | 2,388 | |
| 1950 | — | #124 | 2,176 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #136 | 1,998 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #142 | 1,929 |
| 1947 | — | #143 | 1,935 | |
| 1946 | — | #144 | 1,675 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #151 | 1,357 |
| 1944 | — | #150 | 1,361 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #148 | 1,434 |
| 1942 | — | #142 | 1,500 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #146 | 1,212 |
| 1940 | — | #154 | 1,102 | |
| 1939 | — | #156 | 1,032 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #161 | 989 |
| 1937 | — | #159 | 935 | |
| 1936 | — | #157 | 929 | |
| 1935 | — | #158 | 911 | |
| 1934 | — | #165 | 873 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #160 | 888 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #163 | 925 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #145 | 1,103 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #147 | 1,131 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #142 | 1,192 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #140 | 1,216 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #137 | 1,272 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | #133 | 1,319 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #133 | 1,332 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #122 | 1,488 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #120 | 1,468 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #122 | 1,414 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #114 | 1,553 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #124 | 1,354 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #122 | 1,321 |
| 1918 | — | #113 | 1,488 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #109 | 1,412 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #107 | 1,419 |
| 1915 | — | #104 | 1,427 | |
| 1914 | — | #102 | 1,151 | |
| 1913 | — | #110 | 796 | |
| 1912 | — | #113 | 676 | |
| 1911 | — | #120 | 308 | |
| 1910 | — | #137 | 235 | |
| 1909 | — | #133 | 204 | |
| 1908 | — | #113 | 226 | |
| 1907 | — | #143 | 161 | |
| 1906 | — | #143 | 144 | |
| 1905 | — | #171 | 112 | |
| 1904 | — | #177 | 102 | |
| 1903 | — | #184 | 90 | |
| 1902 | — | #156 | 112 | |
| 1901 | — | #168 | 88 | |
| 1900 | — | #199 | 95 | |
| 1899 | — | #196 | 69 | |
| 1898 | — | #172 | 94 | |
| 1897 | — | #177 | 87 | |
| 1896 | — | #156 | 106 | |
| 1895 | — | #187 | 84 | |
| 1894 | — | #192 | 77 | |
| 1893 | — | #162 | 89 | |
| 1892 | — | #166 | 95 | |
| 1891 | — | #164 | 78 | |
| 1890 | — | #175 | 78 | |
| 1889 | — | #191 | 68 | |
| 1888 | — | #157 | 97 | |
| 1887 | — | #157 | 79 | |
| 1886 | — | #162 | 85 | |
| 1885 | — | #195 | 66 | |
| 1884 | — | #193 | 69 | |
| 1883 | — | #174 | 71 | |
| 1882 | — | #193 | 66 | |
| 1881 | — | #203 | 56 | |
| 1880 | — | #177 | 73 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nicholas was already there! It came in at #177, and was given to 73 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 74 boys a year got the name.
Where Nicholas is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#58 · 1 in 295
- New York#61 · 1 in 325
- Connecticut#65 · 1 in 384
- Pennsylvania#80 · 1 in 484
- Massachusetts#81 · 1 in 642
Best ever in a state: #1 in Maine, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #58 | 195 | 1 in 295 |
| New York | #61 | 536 | 1 in 325 |
| Connecticut | #65 | 63 | 1 in 384 |
| Pennsylvania | #80 | 249 | 1 in 484 |
| Massachusetts | #81 | 85 | 1 in 642 |
| Rhode Island | #86 | 12 | 1 in 763 |
| Delaware | #101 | 8 | 1 in 594 |
| Ohio | #114 | 141 | 1 in 782 |
| New Hampshire | #122 | 6 | 1 in 959 |
| District of Columbia | #124 | 20 | 1 in 748 |
| Iowa | #127 | 35 | 1 in 882 |
| Illinois | #135 | 111 | 1 in 972 |
| Washington | #139 | 34 | 1 in 915 |
| Maryland | #140 | 29 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Minnesota | #148 | 30 | 1 in 1,304 |
| Colorado | #150 | 22 | 1 in 889 |
| Wisconsin | #153 | 31 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Kansas | #157 | 25 | 1 in 966 |
| Montana | #159 | 8 | 1 in 968 |
| California | #161 | 145 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Michigan | #173 | 70 | 1 in 1,370 |
| Indiana | #177 | 37 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Oregon | #183 | 12 | 1 in 1,498 |
| New Mexico | #199 | 10 | 1 in 1,175 |
| Nebraska | #200 | 9 | 1 in 1,777 |
| North Dakota | #204 | 5 | 1 in 1,546 |
| West Virginia | #217 | 11 | 1 in 1,961 |
| Florida | #221 | 25 | 1 in 1,721 |
| Missouri | #223 | 22 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Kentucky | #224 | 19 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Arizona | #228 | 9 | 1 in 1,497 |
| Louisiana | #230 | 27 | 1 in 1,507 |
| Hawaii | #233 | 5 | 1 in 1,386 |
| Virginia | #237 | 20 | 1 in 2,170 |
| Utah | #278 | 5 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Tennessee | #299 | 12 | 1 in 3,426 |
| Georgia | #311 | 16 | 1 in 3,064 |
| Texas | #369 | 36 | 1 in 3,360 |
| South Carolina | #375 | 6 | 1 in 5,085 |
| Alabama | #407 | 7 | 1 in 5,555 |
| North Carolina | #441 | 8 | 1 in 6,854 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nicholas
- 5 spots since 2024 (#117 → #112)
- 25 spots since 2020 (#87 → #112)
- 50 spots since 2015 (#62 → #112)
- Biggest jump: 33 spots in 1886 (#195 → #162)
- Biggest drop: 34 spots in 1889 (#157 → #191)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1999 at #5 (25,639 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: 10 yrs · run 1993–2002
- Top 100: 51 yrs · run 1972–2022
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 65 boys born in 1995 were named Nicholas (1.5%)
- Latest: 1 in 548 boys born in 2025 (0.18%)
- Its best rank, #5 in 1999, was only 1 in 75 (1.3%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.7% of all boys named Nicholas (275,329) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 730 | #157 (1888) | #180 |
| 1890s | 857 | #156 (1896) | #175 |
| 1900s | 1,334 | #113 (1908) | #159 |
| 1910s | 10,233 | #102 (1914) | #114 |
| 1920s | 13,608 | #114 (1921) | #129 |
| 1930s | 9,716 | #145 (1931) | #157 |
| 1940s | 15,503 | #136 (1949) | #146 |
| 1950s | 22,614 | #120 (1951) | #139 |
| 1960s | 22,339 | #118 (1968) | #144 |
| 1970s | 65,068 | #15 (1979) | #76 |
| 1980s | 223,308 | #14 (1989) | #18 |
| 1990s | 275,329 | #5 (1999) | #9 |
| 2000s | 177,609 | #6 (2000) | #16 |
| 2010s | 66,811 | #37 (2010) | #58 |
| 2020s | 20,988 | #87 (2020) | #102 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nicholas in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 244,410 of them was named Nicholas, which outranked 35.0% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,069Zara9
- #4,069Zelphia9
- #4,069Zenia9
- #4,376Nicholas8
- #4,376Adora8
- #4,376Aisha8
- #4,376Alessandra8
- #4,740Adelene7
- #4,740Adriann7
- #4,740Adrianna7
Tied with 363 names at #4,376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 942 of them was named Nicholas, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.