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.

Nikalas

#15,707 most common boys' name of all time · #40,819 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1989–2010

Rank among boys
#15,707
Rank overall
#40,819 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
98
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1998 #6,172
Best rank
#6,172 1998
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
2000

Nikalas first appears in 1989. 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
2010 — 5 5 #13,010
2008 — 8 8 #9,453
2006 — 9 9 #8,381
2005 — 9 9 #8,024
2002 — 6 6 #10,025
2000 — 6 6 #9,797
1999 — 6 6 #9,374
1998 — 10 10 #6,172
1997 — 9 9 #6,484
1995 — 9 9 #6,313
1994 — 5 5 #9,696
1993 — 6 6 #8,434
1990 — 5 5 #9,212
1989 — 5 5 #9,149