Nicklaus
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 156 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,462since 1964
Nicklaus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nicklaus has never cracked the top 800 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #4,742 | 21 |
| 2022 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #4,020 | 25 |
| 2019 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #4,610 | 21 |
| 2017 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #3,230 | 35 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #3,787 | 27 |
| 2013 | #3,265 | 33 |
| 2012 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2011 | #3,605 | 29 |
| 2010 | #3,128 | 36 |
| 2009 | #2,231 | 59 |
| 2008 | #2,104 | 65 |
| 2007 | #2,164 | 62 |
| 2006 | #1,856 | 73 |
| 2005 | #1,497 | 96 |
| 2004 | #1,731 | 73 |
| 2003 | #1,420 | 93 |
| 2002 | #1,395 | 94 |
| 2001 | #1,277 | 104 |
| 2000 | #986 | 150 |
| 1999 | #1,086 | 123 |
| 1998 | #967 | 143 |
| 1997 | #886 | 156 |
| 1996 | #1,025 | 120 |
| 1995 | #970 | 130 |
| 1994 | #968 | 130 |
| 1993 | #1,108 | 102 |
| 1992 | #1,187 | 88 |
| 1991 | #1,071 | 103 |
| 1990 | #1,197 | 83 |
| 1989 | #1,258 | 74 |
| 1988 | #1,270 | 65 |
| 1987 | #1,175 | 67 |
| 1986 | #1,015 | 83 |
| 1985 | #1,181 | 63 |
| 1984 | #1,134 | 64 |
| 1983 | #995 | 79 |
| 1982 | #1,133 | 65 |
| 1981 | #986 | 84 |
| 1980 | #1,079 | 70 |
| 1979 | #1,128 | 63 |
| 1978 | #898 | 92 |
| 1977 | #1,515 | 37 |
| 1976 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
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| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
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First appearance
1964
The first year at least five boys were named Nicklaus! It came in at #4,039, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Nicklaus is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nicklaus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,174 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 617 spots in 1978
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 2001
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1997 at #886 (156 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1994–1995
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,084
- Highest: 1 in 12,084 boys born in 1997 were named Nicklaus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 34.0% of all boys named Nicklaus (1,178) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24 | #3,365 (1968) | #3,625 |
| 1970s | 285 | #898 (1978) | #2,412 |
| 1980s | 714 | #986 (1981) | #1,123 |
| 1990s | 1,178 | #886 (1997) | #1,047 |
| 2000s | 869 | #986 (2000) | #1,666 |
| 2010s | 273 | #3,128 (2010) | #3,942 |
| 2020s | 119 | #4,020 (2020) | #5,043 |
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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