Nicolas
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #177 for boys in 2025, 2,053 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 2,920 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 101,585since 1882
Nicolas over time
Rank among boys' names. Nicolas has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #177 | 2,053 | |
| 2024 | — | #184 | 1,997 | |
| 2023 | — | #192 | 1,901 | |
| 2022 | — | #191 | 1,989 | |
| 2021 | — | #188 | 2,009 | |
| 2020 | — | #202 | 1,894 | |
| 2019 | — | #181 | 2,145 | |
| 2018 | — | #195 | 2,098 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #206 | 1,919 |
| 2016 | — | #194 | 2,085 | |
| 2015 | — | #202 | 1,998 | |
| 2014 | — | #196 | 2,077 | |
| 2013 | — | #191 | 2,129 | |
| 2012 | — | #180 | 2,131 | |
| 2011 | — | #168 | 2,242 | |
| 2010 | — | #163 | 2,392 | |
| 2009 | — | #157 | 2,491 | |
| 2008 | — | #151 | 2,683 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #144 | 2,833 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #140 | 2,939 |
| 2005 | — | #136 | 2,966 | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #138 | 2,872 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #134 | 3,003 |
| 2002 | — | #137 | 2,810 | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #142 | 2,824 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #137 | 2,846 |
| 1999 | — | #138 | 2,763 | |
| 1998 | — | #132 | 2,920 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #143 | 2,430 |
| 1996 | — | #151 | 2,298 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #164 | 2,006 |
| 1994 | — | #164 | 1,953 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #177 | 1,819 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #179 | 1,798 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #195 | 1,589 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #187 | 1,643 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #191 | 1,530 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #218 | 1,204 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #230 | 1,020 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #238 | 974 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #231 | 1,001 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #233 | 959 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #237 | 944 |
| 1982 | — | #249 | 893 | |
| 1981 | — | #248 | 896 | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #260 | 847 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #243 | 905 |
| 1978 | — | #253 | 799 | |
| 1977 | — | #375 | 436 | |
| 1976 | — | #445 | 307 | |
| 1975 | — | #453 | 309 | |
| 1974 | — | #529 | 226 | |
| 1973 | — | #492 | 250 | |
| 1972 | — | #558 | 205 | |
| 1971 | — | #555 | 212 | |
| 1970 | — | #546 | 221 | |
| 1969 | — | #582 | 179 | |
| 1968 | — | #581 | 169 | |
| 1967 | — | #577 | 172 | |
| 1966 | — | #668 | 123 | |
| 1965 | — | #638 | 139 | |
| 1964 | — | #677 | 130 | |
| 1963 | — | #713 | 120 | |
| 1962 | — | #719 | 114 | |
| 1961 | — | #740 | 108 | |
| 1960 | — | #676 | 134 | |
| 1959 | — | #691 | 122 | |
| 1958 | — | #714 | 111 | |
| 1957 | — | #750 | 100 | |
| 1956 | — | #727 | 102 | |
| 1955 | — | #766 | 90 | |
| 1954 | — | #706 | 106 | |
| 1953 | — | #701 | 102 | |
| 1952 | — | #681 | 104 | |
| 1951 | — | #665 | 111 | |
| 1950 | — | #711 | 93 | |
| 1949 | — | #702 | 95 | |
| 1948 | — | #838 | 66 | |
| 1947 | — | #732 | 88 | |
| 1946 | — | #738 | 79 | |
| 1945 | — | #736 | 69 | |
| 1944 | — | #801 | 61 | |
| 1943 | — | #837 | 62 | |
| 1942 | — | #859 | 58 | |
| 1941 | — | #847 | 56 | |
| 1940 | — | #802 | 60 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,103 | 34 | |
| 1938 | — | #846 | 54 | |
| 1937 | — | #824 | 55 | |
| 1936 | — | #906 | 46 | |
| 1935 | — | #822 | 57 | |
| 1934 | — | #828 | 57 | |
| 1933 | — | #885 | 49 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #756 | 69 |
| 1931 | — | #733 | 70 | |
| 1930 | — | #718 | 76 | |
| 1929 | — | #695 | 79 | |
| 1928 | — | #722 | 78 | |
| 1927 | — | #825 | 65 | |
| 1926 | — | #842 | 61 | |
| 1925 | — | #710 | 83 | |
| 1924 | — | #657 | 96 | |
| 1923 | — | #803 | 69 | |
| 1922 | — | #766 | 74 | |
| 1921 | — | #780 | 74 | |
| 1920 | — | #803 | 70 | |
| 1919 | — | #908 | 54 | |
| 1918 | — | #996 | 45 | |
| 1917 | — | #784 | 64 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,304 | 27 | |
| 1915 | — | #804 | 57 | |
| 1914 | — | #802 | 43 | |
| 1913 | — | #855 | 32 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Nicolas! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nicolas is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Hampshire#112 · 1 in 666
- North Dakota#119 · 1 in 579
- Rhode Island#120 · 1 in 819
- Vermont#121 · 1 in 685
- Hawaii#125 · 1 in 531
Best ever in a state: #46 in District of Columbia, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #112 | 12 | 1 in 666 |
| North Dakota | #119 | 8 | 1 in 579 |
| Rhode Island | #120 | 8 | 1 in 819 |
| Vermont | #121 | 5 | 1 in 685 |
| Hawaii | #125 | 13 | 1 in 531 |
| Oregon | #142 | 22 | 1 in 884 |
| Washington | #144 | 39 | 1 in 872 |
| Massachusetts | #147 | 37 | 1 in 1,183 |
| California | #150 | 370 | 1 in 726 |
| Connecticut | #150 | 19 | 1 in 1,166 |
| Minnesota | #157 | 26 | 1 in 1,213 |
| New Jersey | #160 | 47 | 1 in 1,172 |
| New Mexico | #160 | 16 | 1 in 727 |
| Michigan | #161 | 64 | 1 in 1,085 |
| South Dakota | #162 | 5 | 1 in 936 |
| Colorado | #169 | 22 | 1 in 1,099 |
| Maine | #172 | 5 | 1 in 1,526 |
| Nevada | #176 | 8 | 1 in 999 |
| Florida | #179 | 80 | 1 in 1,117 |
| New York | #183 | 104 | 1 in 1,297 |
| Utah | #184 | 14 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Kansas | #186 | 13 | 1 in 1,311 |
| Maryland | #189 | 24 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Texas | #190 | 153 | 1 in 968 |
| Arizona | #191 | 27 | 1 in 1,122 |
| Illinois | #192 | 72 | 1 in 1,206 |
| Wisconsin | #193 | 19 | 1 in 1,742 |
| Indiana | #209 | 22 | 1 in 1,801 |
| Missouri | #218 | 22 | 1 in 1,716 |
| Idaho | #219 | 5 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Louisiana | #231 | 26 | 1 in 1,227 |
| Ohio | #236 | 35 | 1 in 2,232 |
| Virginia | #236 | 24 | 1 in 1,744 |
| Iowa | #238 | 8 | 1 in 2,279 |
| Nebraska | #242 | 5 | 1 in 2,198 |
| Pennsylvania | #265 | 32 | 1 in 2,544 |
| Tennessee | #265 | 16 | 1 in 2,165 |
| Oklahoma | #281 | 9 | 1 in 2,283 |
| Arkansas | #286 | 7 | 1 in 2,191 |
| District of Columbia | #298 | 10 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Kentucky | #309 | 7 | 1 in 3,493 |
| South Carolina | #311 | 10 | 1 in 2,358 |
| Alabama | #325 | 10 | 1 in 2,703 |
| Georgia | #325 | 18 | 1 in 2,748 |
| Mississippi | #338 | 7 | 1 in 2,452 |
| North Carolina | #362 | 14 | 1 in 3,304 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| 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 Nicolas
- 7 spots since 2024 (#184 → #177)
- 25 spots since 2020 (#202 → #177)
- 25 spots since 2015 (#202 → #177)
- Biggest jump: 520 spots in 1917 (#1,304 → #784)
- Biggest drop: 500 spots in 1916 (#804 → #1,304)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1998 at #132 (2,920 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 122 yrs · run 1940–2025
- Highest: 1 in 655 boys born in 1998 were named Nicolas (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 832 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
- 27.8% of all boys named Nicolas (28,267) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #641 (1885) | #829 |
| 1890s | 19 | #857 (1894) | #947 |
| 1900s | 51 | #779 (1908) | #990 |
| 1910s | 367 | #784 (1917) | #944 |
| 1920s | 749 | #657 (1924) | #760 |
| 1930s | 567 | #718 (1930) | #842 |
| 1940s | 694 | #702 (1949) | #789 |
| 1950s | 1,041 | #665 (1951) | #711 |
| 1960s | 1,388 | #577 (1967) | #657 |
| 1970s | 3,870 | #243 (1979) | #445 |
| 1980s | 10,268 | #191 (1989) | #234 |
| 1990s | 21,219 | #132 (1998) | #163 |
| 2000s | 28,267 | #134 (2003) | #142 |
| 2010s | 21,216 | #163 (2010) | #188 |
| 2020s | 11,843 | #177 (2025) | #189 |
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.
Nicolas in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 230,444 of them was named Nicolas, which outranked 39.8% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,037Zenab9
- #8,037Zita9
- #8,037Zohra9
- #8,761Nicolas8
- #8,761Aariel8
- #8,761Abeer8
- #8,761Abel8
- #9,681Aarica7
- #9,681Abbagail7
- #9,681Abbee7
Tied with 919 names at #8,761; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 1,308 of them was named Nicolas, which outranked 97.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.