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.

Nikolaos

#3,077 most common boys' name of all time · #7,453 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among boys
#3,077
Rank overall
#7,453 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
2,072
Since 2016
472
Peak year
2014 #2,284
Best rank
#1,350 1979
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
198020002020

Nikolaos first appears in 1962. 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 — 51 51 #2,581
2024 — 47 47 #2,763
2023 — 50 50 #2,633
2022 — 48 48 #2,729
2021 — 56 56 #2,421
2020 — 48 48 #2,633
2019 — 46 46 #2,746
2018 — 38 38 #3,071
2017 — 40 40 #2,966
2016 — 48 48 #2,611
2015 — 42 42 #2,829
2014 — 58 58 #2,284
2013 — 47 47 #2,575
2012 — 34 34 #3,258
2011 — 48 48 #2,565
2010 — 47 47 #2,594
2009 — 45 45 #2,718
2008 — 49 49 #2,558
2007 — 52 52 #2,448
2006 — 32 32 #3,342
2005 — 44 44 #2,540
2004 — 49 49 #2,328
2003 — 39 39 #2,597
2002 — 27 27 #3,296
2001 — 36 36 #2,645
2000 — 31 31 #2,891
1999 — 28 28 #2,985
1998 — 33 33 #2,570
1997 — 29 29 #2,712
1996 — 39 39 #2,167
1995 — 35 35 #2,274
1994 — 20 20 #3,393
1993 — 22 22 #3,090
1992 — 25 25 #2,792
1991 — 30 30 #2,384
1990 — 23 23 #2,826
1989 — 35 35 #2,054
1988 — 18 18 #3,024
1987 — 24 24 #2,375
1986 — 35 35 #1,780
1985 — 37 37 #1,691
1984 — 24 24 #2,216
1983 — 36 36 #1,648
1982 — 26 26 #2,095
1981 — 31 31 #1,853
1980 — 27 27 #2,044
1979 — 48 48 #1,350
1978 — 37 37 #1,562
1977 — 36 36 #1,566
1976 — 36 36 #1,533
1975 — 31 31 #1,655
1974 — 34 34 #1,516
1973 — 21 21 #2,030
1972 — 19 19 #2,146
1971 — 17 17 #2,355
1970 — 16 16 #2,388
1969 — 14 14 #2,407
1968 — 12 12 #2,565
1967 — 9 9 #2,965
1965 — 6 6 #3,877
1962 — 7 7 #3,636