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.

Nicolaus

#4,425 most common boys' name of all time · #10,871 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2023

Rank among boys
#4,425
Rank overall
#10,871 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,141
Since 2016
46
Peak year
1998 #2,031
Best rank
#1,859 1983
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
198020002020

Nicolaus first appears in 1971. 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
2023 — 9 9 #8,431
2020 — 6 6 #10,924
2019 — 10 10 #7,800
2018 — 6 6 #11,059
2017 — 15 15 #5,888
2015 — 12 12 #6,789
2014 — 9 9 #8,301
2013 — 16 16 #5,487
2012 — 11 11 #7,174
2011 — 17 17 #5,293
2010 — 19 19 #4,926
2009 — 22 22 #4,491
2008 — 21 21 #4,600
2007 — 28 28 #3,737
2006 — 21 21 #4,439
2005 — 23 23 #4,003
2004 — 21 21 #4,195
2003 — 28 28 #3,323
2002 — 31 31 #2,985
2001 — 38 38 #2,538
2000 — 33 33 #2,771
1999 — 38 38 #2,381
1998 — 47 47 #2,031
1997 — 30 30 #2,650
1996 — 35 35 #2,323
1995 — 46 46 #1,880
1994 — 44 44 #1,918
1993 — 34 34 #2,287
1992 — 29 29 #2,514
1991 — 33 33 #2,212
1990 — 38 38 #2,005
1989 — 31 31 #2,236
1988 — 27 27 #2,299
1987 — 26 26 #2,265
1986 — 24 24 #2,350
1985 — 31 31 #1,909
1984 — 20 20 #2,513
1983 — 30 30 #1,859
1982 — 22 22 #2,330
1981 — 29 29 #1,935
1980 — 30 30 #1,907
1979 — 29 29 #1,901
1978 — 27 27 #1,908
1977 — 9 9 #4,082
1976 — 9 9 #3,960
1975 — 5 5 #6,031
1974 — 7 7 #4,564
1973 — 10 10 #3,436
1971 — 5 5 #5,609