Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nicholas

#32 most common boys' name of all time · #48 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#32
Rank overall
#48 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
929,199
Since 2016
41,653
Peak year
1995 #7
Best rank
#5 1999
Girls Boys peak 29,216/yr
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Nicholas is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 3,115 3,123 #112
2024 — 3,038 3,038 #117
2023 — 3,261 3,261 #109
2022 6 3,643 3,649 #97
2021 — 3,866 3,866 #92
2020 5 4,065 4,070 #87
2019 8 4,642 4,650 #78
2018 — 4,847 4,847 #74
2017 6 5,372 5,378 #68
2016 6 5,765 5,771 #63
2015 7 6,263 6,270 #62
2014 12 6,779 6,791 #57
2013 13 7,147 7,160 #54
2012 8 7,742 7,750 #49
2011 15 8,601 8,616 #42
2010 11 9,653 9,664 #37
2009 18 10,856 10,874 #32
2008 21 12,533 12,554 #29
2007 14 14,362 14,376 #20
2006 16 15,675 15,691 #17
2005 24 17,076 17,100 #15
2004 72 18,519 18,591 #13
2003 44 19,696 19,740 #12
2002 39 21,390 21,429 #9
2001 35 22,849 22,884 #6
2000 39 24,653 24,692 #6
1999 39 25,639 25,678 #5
1998 38 26,632 26,670 #6
1997 51 27,258 27,309 #6
1996 52 27,724 27,776 #6
1995 56 29,160 29,216 #7
1994 66 27,770 27,836 #9
1993 91 28,114 28,205 #8
1992 80 27,762 27,842 #12
1991 81 27,357 27,438 #12
1990 69 27,913 27,982 #14
1989 122 28,230 28,352 #14
1988 135 25,303 25,438 #14
1987 160 23,247 23,407 #16
1986 135 22,800 22,935 #17
1985 162 22,384 22,546 #19
1984 146 21,017 21,163 #20
1983 135 19,891 20,026 #21
1982 136 19,643 19,779 #22
1981 124 19,775 19,899 #21
1980 139 21,018 21,157 #17
1979 140 21,344 21,484 #15
1978 108 16,342 16,450 #25
1977 34 6,071 6,105 #51
1976 20 3,466 3,486 #77
1975 24 3,319 3,343 #81
1974 21 3,218 3,239 #80
1973 16 3,153 3,169 #85
1972 16 2,843 2,859 #99
1971 22 2,608 2,630 #123
1970 7 2,704 2,711 #123
1969 8 2,577 2,585 #123
1968 16 2,548 2,564 #118
1967 12 2,288 2,300 #130
1966 7 2,139 2,146 #139
1965 7 2,068 2,075 #149
1964 — 2,069 2,069 #158
1963 10 2,130 2,140 #155
1962 — 2,144 2,144 #155
1961 8 2,078 2,086 #158
1960 — 2,298 2,298 #153
1959 6 2,196 2,202 #156
1958 9 2,189 2,198 #153
1957 7 2,197 2,204 #152
1956 6 2,212 2,218 #147
1955 8 2,186 2,194 #141
1954 11 2,368 2,379 #134
1953 5 2,359 2,364 #131
1952 — 2,343 2,343 #127
1951 — 2,388 2,388 #120
1950 — 2,176 2,176 #124
1949 5 1,998 2,003 #136
1948 5 1,929 1,934 #142
1947 — 1,935 1,935 #143
1946 — 1,675 1,675 #144
1945 6 1,357 1,363 #151
1944 — 1,361 1,361 #150
1943 6 1,434 1,440 #148
1942 — 1,500 1,500 #142
1941 6 1,212 1,218 #146
1940 — 1,102 1,102 #154
1939 — 1,032 1,032 #156
1938 5 989 994 #161
1937 — 935 935 #159
1936 — 929 929 #157
1935 — 911 911 #158
1934 — 873 873 #165
1933 7 888 895 #160
1932 6 925 931 #163
1931 8 1,103 1,111 #145
1930 14 1,131 1,145 #147
1929 13 1,192 1,205 #142
1928 7 1,216 1,223 #140
1927 12 1,272 1,284 #137
1926 16 1,319 1,335 #133
1925 7 1,332 1,339 #133
1924 13 1,488 1,501 #122
1923 5 1,468 1,473 #120
1922 7 1,414 1,421 #122
1921 6 1,553 1,559 #114
1920 6 1,354 1,360 #124
1919 7 1,321 1,328 #122
1918 — 1,488 1,488 #113
1917 6 1,412 1,418 #109
1916 7 1,419 1,426 #107
1915 — 1,427 1,427 #104
1914 — 1,151 1,151 #102
1913 — 796 796 #110
1912 — 676 676 #113
1911 — 308 308 #120
1910 — 235 235 #137
1909 — 204 204 #133
1908 — 226 226 #113
1907 — 161 161 #143
1906 — 144 144 #144
1905 — 112 112 #172
1904 — 102 102 #179
1903 — 90 90 #184
1902 — 112 112 #157
1901 — 88 88 #169
1900 — 95 95 #200
1899 — 69 69 #196
1898 — 94 94 #172
1897 — 87 87 #178
1896 — 106 106 #156
1895 — 84 84 #187
1894 — 77 77 #192
1893 — 89 89 #163
1892 — 95 95 #167
1891 — 78 78 #165
1890 — 78 78 #175
1889 — 68 68 #192
1888 — 97 97 #157
1887 — 79 79 #158
1886 — 85 85 #164
1885 — 66 66 #195
1884 — 69 69 #193
1883 — 71 71 #174
1882 — 66 66 #194
1881 — 56 56 #204
1880 — 73 73 #178