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.

Nickolas

#578 most common boys' name of all time · #1,276 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#578
Rank overall
#1,276 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
39,403
Since 2016
1,855
Peak year
1998 #259
Best rank
#248 1989
Girls Boys peak 1,156/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Nickolas first appears in 1882. 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 118 118 #1,492
2024 114 114 #1,542
2023 130 130 #1,409
2022 133 133 #1,397
2021 168 168 #1,170
2020 195 195 #1,039
2019 208 208 #1,005
2018 265 265 #840
2017 223 223 #937
2016 301 301 #788
2015 339 339 #727
2014 335 335 #720
2013 380 380 #645
2012 457 457 #565
2011 463 463 #549
2010 565 565 #466
2009 621 621 #447
2008 739 739 #399
2007 842 842 #369
2006 938 938 #335
2005 939 939 #328
2004 5 1,069 1,074 #298
2003 911 911 #325
2002 891 891 #317
2001 973 973 #301
2000 1,089 1,089 #282
1999 1,138 1,138 #264
1998 1,156 1,156 #259
1997 1,083 1,083 #261
1996 1,067 1,067 #263
1995 1,052 1,052 #267
1994 1,080 1,080 #263
1993 1,084 1,084 #264
1992 1,069 1,069 #264
1991 1,002 1,002 #270
1990 998 998 #268
1989 6 1,048 1,054 #248
1988 6 823 829 #285
1987 5 789 794 #278
1986 756 756 #280
1985 6 671 677 #306
1984 619 619 #315
1983 7 648 655 #304
1982 589 589 #324
1981 5 614 619 #309
1980 7 680 687 #299
1979 607 607 #317
1978 574 574 #310
1977 270 270 #497
1976 173 173 #625
1975 138 138 #705
1974 122 122 #737
1973 136 136 #684
1972 119 119 #731
1971 111 111 #773
1970 130 130 #721
1969 102 102 #770
1968 121 121 #686
1967 99 99 #739
1966 85 85 #791
1965 74 74 #857
1964 83 83 #833
1963 79 79 #851
1962 90 90 #801
1961 86 86 #831
1960 91 91 #801
1959 79 79 #857
1958 97 97 #751
1957 102 102 #744
1956 106 106 #713
1955 97 97 #742
1954 108 108 #695
1953 88 88 #761
1952 115 115 #648
1951 119 119 #648
1950 92 92 #717
1949 95 95 #704
1948 79 79 #763
1947 92 92 #717
1946 65 65 #815
1945 65 65 #763
1944 64 64 #787
1943 85 85 #699
1942 87 87 #692
1941 75 75 #716
1940 61 61 #798
1939 55 55 #823
1938 61 61 #791
1937 51 51 #865
1936 66 66 #745
1935 57 57 #828
1934 69 69 #737
1933 72 72 #718
1932 76 76 #719
1931 65 65 #784
1930 113 113 #568
1929 93 93 #637
1928 123 123 #551
1927 142 142 #511
1926 132 132 #527
1925 135 135 #528
1924 155 155 #498
1923 132 132 #530
1922 125 125 #570
1921 125 125 #564
1920 140 140 #518
1919 131 131 #519
1918 140 140 #507
1917 134 134 #496
1916 109 109 #550
1915 92 92 #599
1914 91 91 #515
1913 55 55 #594
1912 45 45 #617
1911 16 16 #844
1910 10 10 #1,087
1909 14 14 #785
1908 9 9 #987
1907 8 8 #1,051
1906 8 8 #977
1904 8 8 #928
1902 6 6 #1,085
1901 6 6 #1,008
1900 7 7 #1,096
1899 5 5 #1,119
1896 6 6 #1,048
1894 6 6 #1,036
1888 6 6 #994
1885 5 5 #1,027
1884 7 7 #828
1883 5 5 #970
1882 7 7 #830