Nicolaas
#8,221 most common boys' name of all time · #20,721 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1960–2025
Rank among boys
#8,221
Rank overall
#20,721 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
404
Since 2016
22
Peak year
1996 #3,245
Best rank
#3,245 1996
Girls
Boys
peak 22/yr
Nicolaas first appears in 1960. 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 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,902 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,900 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,284 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,402 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,458 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,311 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,088 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,991 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,078 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,298 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,009 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,156 |
| 2005 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,647 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,158 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,842 |
| 2002 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,565 |
| 2001 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,214 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,988 |
| 1999 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,124 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,975 |
| 1997 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,390 |
| 1996 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,245 |
| 1995 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,764 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,226 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,511 |
| 1992 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,384 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,256 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,674 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,147 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,449 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,436 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,265 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,442 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,071 |
| 1983 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,014 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,862 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,347 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,543 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,636 |
| 1978 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,530 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,581 |