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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Nikolas has never cracked the top 200 here.
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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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 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#266 · 1 in 2,758
- Oregon#273 · 1 in 2,161
- Utah#278 · 1 in 2,071
- Oklahoma#281 · 1 in 2,283
- Minnesota#283 · 1 in 3,505
Best ever in a state: #128 in New Hampshire, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #266 | 12 | 1 in 2,758 |
| Oregon | #273 | 9 | 1 in 2,161 |
| Utah | #278 | 8 | 1 in 2,071 |
| Oklahoma | #281 | 9 | 1 in 2,283 |
| Minnesota | #283 | 9 | 1 in 3,505 |
| Washington | #304 | 13 | 1 in 2,616 |
| Connecticut | #325 | 6 | 1 in 3,692 |
| Colorado | #330 | 8 | 1 in 3,023 |
| Missouri | #368 | 9 | 1 in 4,194 |
| Arizona | #377 | 10 | 1 in 3,029 |
| South Carolina | #385 | 7 | 1 in 3,369 |
| California | #412 | 68 | 1 in 3,951 |
| Maryland | #413 | 7 | 1 in 4,584 |
| Florida | #436 | 22 | 1 in 4,060 |
| Massachusetts | #446 | 6 | 1 in 7,294 |
| Pennsylvania | #472 | 12 | 1 in 6,784 |
| Illinois | #482 | 18 | 1 in 4,822 |
| Ohio | #505 | 10 | 1 in 7,810 |
| Tennessee | #521 | 5 | 1 in 6,928 |
| Indiana | #528 | 5 | 1 in 7,923 |
| Virginia | #615 | 5 | 1 in 8,372 |
| Texas | #640 | 20 | 1 in 7,405 |
| New York | #667 | 15 | 1 in 8,994 |
| Michigan | #693 | 6 | 1 in 11,572 |
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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.
See more about Nikolas
- 11 spots since 2024 (#728 → #717)
- 113 spots since 2020 (#604 → #717)
- 151 spots since 2015 (#566 → #717)
- Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1978 (#1,177 → #820)
- Biggest drop: 79 spots in 2024 (#649 → #728)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1998 at #286 (1,007 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1978–2025
- 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
- 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.
Nikolas in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 368,710 of them was named Nikolas, which outranked 15.0% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,188 names at #12,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 5,717 of them was named Nikolas, which outranked 94.5% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).