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.
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 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 203,016 of them was named Nicolas, which outranked 43.5% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,671Zuha10
- #9,671Zyah10
- #9,671Zyniah10
- #10,425Nicolas9
- #10,425Aaleah9
- #10,425Aaminah9
- #10,425Aamirah9
- #11,325Aaleigha8
- #11,325Aaliayh8
- #11,325Aamina8
Tied with 899 names at #10,425; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 658 of them was named Nicolas, which outranked 98.9% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.