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.

Niklas

#3,450 most common boys' name of all time · #8,401 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among boys
#3,450
Rank overall
#8,401 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,711
Since 2016
148
Peak year
2000 #1,398
Best rank
#1,398 2000
Girls Boys peak 90/yr
198020002020

Niklas first appears in 1976. 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 — 10 10 #7,848
2024 — 5 5 #12,769
2023 — 9 9 #8,466
2022 — 10 10 #7,942
2021 — 20 20 #4,837
2020 — 12 12 #6,776
2019 — 15 15 #5,921
2018 — 13 13 #6,489
2017 — 29 29 #3,723
2016 — 25 25 #4,142
2015 — 24 24 #4,229
2014 — 24 24 #4,196
2013 — 45 45 #2,652
2012 — 35 35 #3,207
2011 — 30 30 #3,551
2010 — 56 56 #2,306
2009 — 49 49 #2,573
2008 — 48 48 #2,616
2007 — 66 66 #2,087
2006 — 78 78 #1,782
2005 — 77 77 #1,738
2004 — 58 58 #2,067
2003 — 74 74 #1,685
2002 — 71 71 #1,677
2001 — 75 75 #1,598
2000 — 90 90 #1,398
1999 — 71 71 #1,572
1998 — 59 59 #1,735
1997 — 78 78 #1,411
1996 — 71 71 #1,452
1995 — 40 40 #2,098
1994 — 44 44 #1,922
1993 — 35 35 #2,251
1992 — 27 27 #2,656
1991 — 28 28 #2,533
1990 — 33 33 #2,210
1989 — 31 31 #2,239
1988 — 16 16 #3,326
1987 — 12 12 #3,923
1986 — 20 20 #2,677
1985 — 17 17 #2,934
1984 — 17 17 #2,819
1983 — 9 9 #4,456
1982 — 13 13 #3,465
1981 — 7 7 #5,372
1980 — 13 13 #3,418
1979 — 11 11 #3,801
1978 — 6 6 #5,659
1976 — 5 5 #6,415