Nickolaus
Last seen for boys in 2019 at #8,889
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 63 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,795since 1921
Nickolaus over time
Rank among boys' names. Nickolaus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #3,919 | 26 |
| 2008 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #3,511 | 30 |
| 2006 | #3,384 | 31 |
| 2005 | #2,614 | 42 |
| 2004 | #2,741 | 38 |
| 2003 | #2,349 | 45 |
| 2002 | #2,092 | 51 |
| 2001 | #2,742 | 34 |
| 2000 | #2,087 | 48 |
| 1999 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #1,558 | 68 |
| 1997 | #1,628 | 62 |
| 1996 | #1,785 | 51 |
| 1995 | #1,549 | 61 |
| 1994 | #1,716 | 52 |
| 1993 | #1,340 | 72 |
| 1992 | #1,452 | 63 |
| 1991 | #1,573 | 54 |
| 1990 | #1,306 | 72 |
| 1989 | #1,425 | 59 |
| 1988 | #1,482 | 51 |
| 1987 | #1,467 | 49 |
| 1986 | #1,363 | 52 |
| 1985 | #1,354 | 51 |
| 1984 | #1,382 | 47 |
| 1983 | #1,296 | 51 |
| 1982 | #1,150 | 63 |
| 1981 | #1,207 | 57 |
| 1980 | #1,227 | 56 |
| 1979 | #1,319 | 49 |
| 1978 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
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| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
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| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
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| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Nickolaus! It came in at #4,322, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1965, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Nickolaus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1982 at #1,150 (63 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,241 boys born in 1993 were named Nickolaus (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 224,277 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,150 in 1982, was only 1 in 28,801 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.9% of all boys named Nickolaus (609) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,322 (1921) | #4,322 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 10 | #3,942 (1956) | #3,968 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,734 |
| 1970s | 144 | #1,319 (1979) | #3,386 |
| 1980s | 536 | #1,150 (1982) | #1,335 |
| 1990s | 609 | #1,306 (1990) | #1,573 |
| 2000s | 381 | #2,087 (2000) | #2,860 |
| 2010s | 99 | #4,822 (2011) | #6,943 |
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.
Nickolaus in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 36,239 of them was named Nickolaus, which outranked 82.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,333Truman52
- #1,333Tyshawn52
- #1,333Yoel52
- #1,354Nickolaus51
- #1,354Alessandro51
- #1,354Amar51
- #1,354Arlen51
- #1,371Anwar50
- #1,371Charley50
- #1,371Charlton50
Tied with 16 names at #1,354; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.