Nickolus

Peak · boys
1978 · 20 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
479
since 1977

Nickolus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Nickolus has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,279, 1978boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2014#10,7176
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2010#6,35913
2009#6,43613
2008#9,0198
2007#9,7887
2006#6,46012
2005#6,22612
2004#6,97610
2003#7,8318
2002#4,70316
2001#4,47617
2000#4,20418
1999#5,31712
1998#3,29623
1997#3,73818
1996#5,18711
1995#3,19121
1994#3,59618
1993#4,22714
1992#3,33819
1991#4,47612
1990#3,60716
1989#3,80914
1988#2,96118
1987#3,52113
1986#2,89117
1985#2,59819
1984#3,70111
1983#3,07114
1982#6,3855
1981#3,85810
1980#2,96515
1979#3,16813
1978#2,27920
1977#5,1236
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five boys were named Nickolus! It came in at #5,123, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2011–2013, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Nickolus is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Nickolus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Nickolus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 1978 at #2,279 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 3 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 82,092
  • Highest: 1 in 82,092 boys born in 1978 were named Nickolus (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,145 boys born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 34.2% of all boys named Nickolus (164) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s39#2,279 (1978)#3,523
1980s136#2,598 (1985)#3,576
1990s164#3,191 (1995)#3,997
2000s121#4,204 (2000)#6,612
2010s19#6,359 (2010)#8,538

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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