Niklaus

Where Niklaus comes from

Niklaus hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1484
    Niklaus Manuel born
    Swiss artist
  2. 1934
    Niklaus Wirth born
    Swiss computer scientist
  3. 1979
    First appearance
    #4,403 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2021
    Peak, #842
    282 babies named Niklaus — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,401.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Niklaus Wirth · Swiss computer scientist, 1934–2024
  • Niklaus Manuel · Swiss artist, 1484–1530
  • Niklaus Riggenbach · Swiss engineer, 1817–1899
  • Niklaus Schurtenberger · equestrian, born 1968
  • Niklaus Schilling · Swiss film director, cinematographer, film editor and screenwriter, 1944–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.