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.

Nicholaus

#2,316 most common boys' name of all time · #5,575 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1950–2025

Rank among boys
#2,316
Rank overall
#5,575 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
3,260
Since 2016
85
Peak year
1981 #662
Best rank
#662 1981
Girls Boys peak 168/yr
1960198020002020

Nicholaus first appears in 1950. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,250
2024 — 11 11 #7,340
2023 — 6 6 #11,034
2022 — 7 7 #9,993
2020 — 9 9 #8,178
2019 — 11 11 #7,274
2018 — 8 8 #8,940
2017 — 14 14 #6,120
2016 — 14 14 #6,114
2015 — 8 8 #8,898
2014 — 6 6 #10,915
2013 — 9 9 #8,247
2012 — 22 22 #4,419
2011 — 16 16 #5,473
2010 — 16 16 #5,542
2009 — 19 19 #4,962
2008 — 39 39 #3,019
2007 — 38 38 #3,048
2006 — 45 45 #2,632
2005 — 45 45 #2,504
2004 — 38 38 #2,761
2003 — 41 41 #2,519
2002 — 56 56 #1,980
2001 — 62 62 #1,807
2000 — 85 85 #1,457
1999 — 88 88 #1,361
1998 — 78 78 #1,455
1997 — 87 87 #1,316
1996 — 82 82 #1,325
1995 — 104 104 #1,125
1994 — 102 102 #1,123
1993 — 102 102 #1,114
1992 — 116 116 #1,015
1991 — 105 105 #1,061
1990 — 105 105 #1,036
1989 — 104 104 #1,007
1988 — 75 75 #1,166
1987 — 80 80 #1,073
1986 — 119 119 #832
1985 — 102 102 #899
1984 — 114 114 #822
1983 — 107 107 #846
1982 — 133 133 #763
1981 — 168 168 #662
1980 — 153 153 #704
1979 — 167 167 #663
1978 — 130 130 #745
1977 — 44 44 #1,385
1976 — 18 18 #2,469
1975 — 25 25 #1,929
1974 — 18 18 #2,328
1973 — 20 20 #2,099
1972 — 13 13 #2,760
1971 — 20 20 #2,105
1970 — 7 7 #4,073
1969 — 13 13 #2,508
1968 — 6 6 #3,973
1967 — 5 5 #4,353
1962 — 6 6 #3,934
1957 — 5 5 #4,432
1950 — 9 9 #2,768