Nicholes
- Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 35 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 879since 1950
Nicholes over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nicholes has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,201 | 39 |
| 1996 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,255 | 31 |
| 1989 | #1,858 | 40 |
| 1988 | #2,367 | 25 |
| 1987 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #1,933 | 28 |
| 1983 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1980 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #1,633 | 35 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
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| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
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| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
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| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five boys were named Nicholes! It came in at #3,329, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nicholes is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nicholes in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1979 at #1,633 (35 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 47,593
- Highest: 1 in 47,593 boys born in 1995 were named Nicholes (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,316 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,633 in 1979, was only 1 in 49,187 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 33.4% of all boys named Nicholes (294) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #3,329 (1950) | #3,637 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,935 (1969) | #3,987 |
| 1970s | 85 | #1,633 (1979) | #4,258 |
| 1980s | 282 | #1,726 (1981) | #2,056 |
| 1990s | 294 | #2,055 (1995) | #2,617 |
| 2000s | 169 | #3,536 (2000) | #5,199 |
| 2010s | 27 | #5,741 (2010) | #9,159 |
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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