Nikolas
- Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462
- #717 for boys in 2025, 375 births
- Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 1,007 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,035since 1937
Nikolas over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nikolas has never cracked the top 200 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #717 | 375 | |
| 2024 | — | #728 | 362 | |
| 2023 | — | #649 | 422 | |
| 2022 | — | #595 | 475 | |
| 2021 | — | #585 | 477 | |
| 2020 | — | #604 | 453 | |
| 2019 | — | #602 | 454 | |
| 2018 | — | #552 | 502 | |
| 2017 | — | #586 | 463 | |
| 2016 | — | #565 | 499 | |
| 2015 | — | #566 | 497 | |
| 2014 | — | #557 | 495 | |
| 2013 | — | #514 | 520 | |
| 2012 | — | #487 | 550 | |
| 2011 | — | #474 | 562 | |
| 2010 | — | #455 | 591 | |
| 2009 | — | #443 | 633 | |
| 2008 | — | #430 | 674 | |
| 2007 | — | #398 | 741 | |
| 2006 | — | #383 | 780 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #335 | 898 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #301 | 1,060 |
| 2003 | — | #351 | 795 | |
| 2002 | — | #358 | 745 | |
| 2001 | — | #355 | 747 | |
| 2000 | — | #358 | 739 | |
| 1999 | — | #319 | 885 | |
| 1998 | — | #286 | 1,007 | |
| 1997 | — | #352 | 718 | |
| 1996 | — | #393 | 599 | |
| 1995 | — | #464 | 487 | |
| 1994 | — | #451 | 492 | |
| 1993 | — | #459 | 458 | |
| 1992 | — | #478 | 443 | |
| 1991 | — | #483 | 418 | |
| 1990 | — | #474 | 439 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #512 | 350 |
| 1988 | — | #538 | 289 | |
| 1987 | — | #618 | 216 | |
| 1986 | — | #632 | 201 | |
| 1985 | — | #644 | 185 | |
| 1984 | — | #665 | 169 | |
| 1983 | — | #700 | 149 | |
| 1982 | — | #757 | 136 | |
| 1981 | — | #757 | 133 | |
| 1980 | — | #777 | 127 | |
| 1979 | — | #755 | 132 | |
| 1978 | — | #820 | 108 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,177 | 56 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,361 | 41 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,471 | 35 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,566 | 30 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,862 | 23 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,788 | 20 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
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| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1937
The first year at least five boys were named Nikolas! It came in at #3,175, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nikolas is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Massachusetts#378 · 1 in 2,079
- New Jersey#469 · 1 in 2,485
- California#500 · 1 in 2,830
- Arizona#527 · 1 in 2,517
- Florida#557 · 1 in 3,082
Best ever in a state: #128 in New Hampshire, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #378 | 13 | 1 in 2,079 |
| New Jersey | #469 | 16 | 1 in 2,485 |
| California | #500 | 62 | 1 in 2,830 |
| Arizona | #527 | 13 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Florida | #557 | 31 | 1 in 3,082 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Kentucky | #569 | 7 | 1 in 2,934 |
| Texas | #595 | 52 | 1 in 3,366 |
| Oregon | #604 | 5 | 1 in 3,012 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 13 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| Michigan | #715 | 10 | 1 in 4,019 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Alabama | #765 | 5 | 1 in 4,304 |
| Georgia | #792 | 11 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Virginia | #798 | 8 | 1 in 4,657 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| New York | #914 | 14 | 1 in 6,030 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 11 spots since 2024 (#728 → #717)
- 113 spots since 2020 (#604 → #717)
- Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1978
- Biggest drop: 79 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1998 at #286 (1,007 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1978–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,873
- Highest: 1 in 1,873 boys born in 2004 were named Nikolas (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,555 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #286 in 1998, was only 1 in 1,898 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 32.5% of all boys named Nikolas (7,812) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,175 (1937) | #3,175 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,690 (1949) | #3,690 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,944 (1958) | #3,944 |
| 1960s | 107 | #1,414 (1969) | #2,594 |
| 1970s | 502 | #755 (1979) | #1,447 |
| 1980s | 1,955 | #512 (1989) | #660 |
| 1990s | 5,946 | #286 (1998) | #416 |
| 2000s | 7,812 | #301 (2004) | #371 |
| 2010s | 5,133 | #455 (2010) | #536 |
| 2020s | 2,564 | #585 (2021) | #646 |
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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