Nicholaus
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 167 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,260since 1950
Nicholaus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nicholaus has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #4,390 | 22 |
| 2011 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #3,005 | 39 |
| 2007 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2006 | #2,621 | 45 |
| 2005 | #2,493 | 45 |
| 2004 | #2,741 | 38 |
| 2003 | #2,507 | 41 |
| 2002 | #1,974 | 56 |
| 2001 | #1,800 | 62 |
| 2000 | #1,448 | 85 |
| 1999 | #1,356 | 88 |
| 1998 | #1,449 | 78 |
| 1997 | #1,310 | 87 |
| 1996 | #1,321 | 82 |
| 1995 | #1,123 | 104 |
| 1994 | #1,119 | 102 |
| 1993 | #1,108 | 102 |
| 1992 | #1,010 | 116 |
| 1991 | #1,055 | 105 |
| 1990 | #1,035 | 105 |
| 1989 | #1,002 | 104 |
| 1988 | #1,164 | 75 |
| 1987 | #1,067 | 80 |
| 1986 | #831 | 119 |
| 1985 | #897 | 102 |
| 1984 | #818 | 114 |
| 1983 | #843 | 107 |
| 1982 | #762 | 133 |
| 1981 | #661 | 168 |
| 1980 | #701 | 153 |
| 1979 | #660 | 167 |
| 1978 | #741 | 130 |
| 1977 | #1,367 | 44 |
| 1976 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
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| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five boys were named Nicholaus! It came in at #2,580, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1961, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nicholaus is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nicholaus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,941 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 626 spots in 1978
- Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1987
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1979 at #660 (167 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1978–1986
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,309
- Highest: 1 in 10,309 boys born in 1979 were named Nicholaus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 35.4% of all boys named Nicholaus (1,155) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 14 | #2,580 (1950) | #3,287 |
| 1960s | 30 | #2,415 (1969) | #3,424 |
| 1970s | 462 | #660 (1979) | #1,993 |
| 1980s | 1,155 | #661 (1981) | #875 |
| 1990s | 969 | #1,010 (1992) | #1,189 |
| 2000s | 468 | #1,448 (2000) | #2,654 |
| 2010s | 124 | #4,390 (2012) | #7,099 |
| 2020s | 38 | #7,257 (2024) | #9,595 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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