Nikolaus
#2,645 most common boys' name of all time · #6,358 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1955–2025
Rank among boys
#2,645
Rank overall
#6,358 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
2,656
Since 2016
250
Peak year
1994 #1,150
Best rank
#1,086 1980
Girls
Boys
peak 98/yr
Nikolaus first appears in 1955. 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 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,287 |
| 2024 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,632 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,998 |
| 2022 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,348 |
| 2021 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2020 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,578 |
| 2019 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,970 |
| 2017 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,914 |
| 2016 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,363 |
| 2015 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,446 |
| 2014 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,987 |
| 2012 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,655 |
| 2011 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,721 |
| 2010 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,755 |
| 2009 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,816 |
| 2008 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,602 |
| 2007 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,208 |
| 2006 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,844 |
| 2005 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,942 |
| 2003 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,852 |
| 2002 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,028 |
| 2001 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,705 |
| 2000 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,636 |
| 1999 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,512 |
| 1998 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,367 |
| 1997 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,406 |
| 1996 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,353 |
| 1995 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,252 |
| 1994 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,150 |
| 1993 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,437 |
| 1992 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,124 |
| 1991 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,178 |
| 1990 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,282 |
| 1989 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,302 |
| 1988 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,187 |
| 1987 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,181 |
| 1986 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,212 |
| 1985 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,383 |
| 1984 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,309 |
| 1983 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,234 |
| 1982 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,306 |
| 1981 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,151 |
| 1980 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,086 |
| 1979 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,095 |
| 1978 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,344 |
| 1977 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,630 |
| 1976 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,193 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,569 |
| 1974 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,894 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,825 |
| 1972 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,542 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,864 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,446 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,841 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,309 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,485 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,380 |