Niklaus
#2,794 most common boys' name of all time · #6,726 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1979–2025
Rank among boys
#2,794
Rank overall
#6,726 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
2,430
Since 2016
1,929
Peak year
2021 #844
Best rank
#844 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 282/yr
Niklaus first appears in 1979. 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 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,407 |
| 2024 | — | 163 | 163 | #1,234 |
| 2023 | — | 185 | 185 | #1,139 |
| 2022 | — | 236 | 236 | #961 |
| 2021 | — | 282 | 282 | #844 |
| 2020 | — | 255 | 255 | #890 |
| 2019 | — | 221 | 221 | #972 |
| 2018 | — | 183 | 183 | #1,083 |
| 2017 | — | 156 | 156 | #1,194 |
| 2016 | — | 118 | 118 | #1,465 |
| 2015 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,585 |
| 2014 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,167 |
| 2013 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,027 |
| 2012 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,109 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,042 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,431 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,128 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,828 |
| 2006 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,405 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,493 |
| 2004 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,970 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,468 |
| 2002 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,916 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,212 |
| 2000 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,448 |
| 1999 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,287 |
| 1998 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,953 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,836 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,834 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,005 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,181 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,914 |
| 1992 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,522 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,798 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,888 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,068 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,622 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,955 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,524 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,337 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,016 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,070 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,901 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,830 |