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.
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 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 60,744 of them was named Nicholas, which outranked 72.0% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,881Windi25
- #2,881Yahaira25
- #2,881Zena25
- #2,969Nicholas24
- #2,969Albertina24
- #2,969Alysa24
- #2,969Ara24
- #3,052Adia23
- #3,052Akia23
- #3,052Akisha23
Tied with 82 names at #2,969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 470 of them was named Nicholas, which outranked 98.7% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.