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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |