Nikolas
#751 most common boys' name of all time · #1,686 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1937–2025
Rank among boys
#751
Rank overall
#1,686 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
24,050
Since 2016
4,482
Peak year
2004 #301
Best rank
#287 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 1,065/yr
Nikolas first appears in 1937. 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 | — | 375 | 375 | #717 |
| 2024 | — | 362 | 362 | #730 |
| 2023 | — | 422 | 422 | #649 |
| 2022 | — | 475 | 475 | #595 |
| 2021 | — | 477 | 477 | #585 |
| 2020 | — | 453 | 453 | #604 |
| 2019 | — | 454 | 454 | #602 |
| 2018 | — | 502 | 502 | #552 |
| 2017 | — | 463 | 463 | #589 |
| 2016 | — | 499 | 499 | #567 |
| 2015 | — | 497 | 497 | #566 |
| 2014 | — | 495 | 495 | #557 |
| 2013 | — | 520 | 520 | #514 |
| 2012 | — | 550 | 550 | #487 |
| 2011 | — | 562 | 562 | #475 |
| 2010 | — | 591 | 591 | #455 |
| 2009 | — | 633 | 633 | #443 |
| 2008 | — | 674 | 674 | #430 |
| 2007 | — | 741 | 741 | #399 |
| 2006 | — | 780 | 780 | #383 |
| 2005 | 5 | 898 | 903 | #336 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1,060 | 1,065 | #301 |
| 2003 | — | 795 | 795 | #352 |
| 2002 | — | 745 | 745 | #358 |
| 2001 | — | 747 | 747 | #355 |
| 2000 | — | 739 | 739 | #359 |
| 1999 | — | 885 | 885 | #319 |
| 1998 | — | 1,007 | 1,007 | #287 |
| 1997 | — | 718 | 718 | #353 |
| 1996 | — | 599 | 599 | #394 |
| 1995 | — | 487 | 487 | #464 |
| 1994 | — | 492 | 492 | #451 |
| 1993 | — | 458 | 458 | #459 |
| 1992 | — | 443 | 443 | #478 |
| 1991 | — | 418 | 418 | #483 |
| 1990 | — | 439 | 439 | #474 |
| 1989 | 5 | 350 | 355 | #513 |
| 1988 | — | 289 | 289 | #539 |
| 1987 | — | 216 | 216 | #621 |
| 1986 | — | 201 | 201 | #633 |
| 1985 | — | 185 | 185 | #644 |
| 1984 | — | 169 | 169 | #667 |
| 1983 | — | 149 | 149 | #702 |
| 1982 | — | 136 | 136 | #757 |
| 1981 | — | 133 | 133 | #759 |
| 1980 | — | 127 | 127 | #778 |
| 1979 | — | 132 | 132 | #757 |
| 1978 | — | 108 | 108 | #823 |
| 1977 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,181 |
| 1976 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,806 |
| 1975 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,372 |
| 1974 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,490 |
| 1973 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,574 |
| 1972 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,592 |
| 1971 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,900 |
| 1970 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,179 |
| 1969 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,433 |
| 1968 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,827 |
| 1967 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,224 |
| 1966 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,735 |
| 1965 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,583 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,898 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,247 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,920 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,318 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,120 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,512 |