Niklas
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 90 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,711since 1976
Niklas over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Niklas has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #4,780 | 20 |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #4,179 | 24 |
| 2014 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #2,623 | 45 |
| 2012 | #3,179 | 35 |
| 2011 | #3,510 | 30 |
| 2010 | #2,287 | 56 |
| 2009 | #2,560 | 49 |
| 2008 | #2,583 | 48 |
| 2007 | #2,071 | 66 |
| 2006 | #1,769 | 78 |
| 2005 | #1,725 | 77 |
| 2004 | #2,051 | 58 |
| 2003 | #1,673 | 74 |
| 2002 | #1,660 | 71 |
| 2001 | #1,591 | 75 |
| 2000 | #1,391 | 90 |
| 1999 | #1,560 | 71 |
| 1998 | #1,719 | 59 |
| 1997 | #1,402 | 78 |
| 1996 | #1,445 | 71 |
| 1995 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #1,894 | 44 |
| 1993 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,170 | 33 |
| 1989 | #2,206 | 31 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
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| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five boys were named Niklas! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1977, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Niklas is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Niklas in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Niklas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 4,670 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #7,679)
- 1,059 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2000 at #1,391 (90 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 11 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 21,822
- Highest: 1 in 21,822 boys born in 2000 were named Niklas (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 40.1% of all boys named Niklas (686) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22 | #3,569 (1979) | #4,738 |
| 1980s | 155 | #2,206 (1989) | #3,292 |
| 1990s | 486 | #1,402 (1997) | #1,952 |
| 2000s | 686 | #1,391 (2000) | #1,907 |
| 2010s | 296 | #2,287 (2010) | #3,985 |
| 2020s | 66 | #4,780 (2021) | #7,909 |
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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