Nicklaus

#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births

Peak · boys
1997 · 156 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,462
since 1964

Nicklaus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Nicklaus has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #886, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,19411
2024#4,89020
2023#4,74221
2022#4,30324
2021#5,11018
2020#4,02025
2019#4,80620
2018#4,61021
2017#4,33123
2016#3,23035
2015#5,28917
2014#3,78727
2013#3,26533
2012#3,37132
2011#3,60529
2010#3,12836
2009#2,23159
2008#2,10465
2007#2,16462
2006#1,85673
2005#1,49796
2004#1,73173
2003#1,42093
2002#1,39594
2001#1,277104
2000#986150
1999#1,086123
1998#967143
1997#886156
1996#1,025120
1995#970130
1994#968130
1993#1,108102
1992#1,18788
1991#1,071103
1990#1,19783
1989#1,25874
1988#1,27065
1987#1,17567
1986#1,01583
1985#1,18163
1984#1,13464
1983#99579
1982#1,13365
1981#98684
1980#1,07970
1979#1,12863
1978#89892
1977#1,51537
1976#2,32919
1975#3,6599
1974#3,5589
1973#1,78225
1972#3,15210
1971#2,81312
1970#3,2829
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1967#3,5596
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1965#3,5376
1964#4,0395
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five boys were named Nicklaus! It came in at #4,039, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Nicklaus is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedWIMichigan: #531 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,905 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #542 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,256 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedIAIndiana: #612 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,404 boysINOhio: #810 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,563 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,861 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 40,301 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #871 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,844 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedMSAlabama: #596 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,988 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Nicklaus, so not publishedHITexas: #1,072 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 14,968 boysTXFlorida: #809 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 8,684 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#531 · 1 in 4,905
  2. Massachusetts#542 · 1 in 7,256
  3. Alabama#596 · 1 in 4,988
  4. Indiana#612 · 1 in 6,404
  5. Florida#809 · 1 in 8,684

Best ever in a state: #348 in Iowa, 1995.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Michigan#531121 in 4,905
Massachusetts#54251 in 7,256
Alabama#59651 in 4,988
Indiana#61261 in 6,404
Florida#809101 in 8,684
Ohio#81061 in 11,563
North Carolina#87151 in 9,844
Texas#1,072111 in 14,968
California#1,86161 in 40,301
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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 Nicklaus
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,304 spots since 2024 (#4,890#7,194)
  • 3,174 spots since 2020 (#4,020#7,194)
  • 1,905 spots since 2015 (#5,289#7,194)
  • Biggest jump: 617 spots in 1978 (#1,515#898)
  • Biggest drop: 291 spots in 2001 (#986#1,277)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 1997 at #886 (156 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1994–1995
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,084
  • Highest: 1 in 12,084 boys born in 1997 were named Nicklaus (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 34.0% of all boys named Nicklaus (1,178) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s24#3,365 (1968)#3,625
1970s285#898 (1978)#2,412
1980s714#986 (1981)#1,123
1990s1,178#886 (1997)#1,047
2000s869#986 (2000)#1,666
2010s273#3,128 (2010)#3,942
2020s119#4,020 (2020)#5,043

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.

Nicklaus in 1999

boys
#1,086
123 births · 1 in 15,611 boys

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #1,086Nicklaus123
More about 1999

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 15,611 of them was named Nicklaus, which outranked 90.6% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nicklaus
  1. #1,080Keandre124
  2. #1,080Kian124
  3. #1,080Loren124
  4. #1,086Nicklaus123
  5. #1,086Anders123
  6. #1,086Clyde123
  7. #1,086Fletcher123
  8. #1,095Bryon122
  9. #1,095Eddy122
  10. #1,095Galen122

Tied with 8 names at #1,086; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,239Trajan#2,235#996
  2. 669Tyreese#1,558#889
  3. 595Latrell#1,231#636
  4. 420Zion#694#274
  5. 414Xander#1,338#924
Fallers
  1. 381Jaret#555#936
  2. 362Kordell#841#1,203
  3. 313Juwan#524#837
  4. 296Jarett#743#1,039
  5. 288Christion#989#1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1999