Nicolas
Nicolas is ranked 185th among boys in 2024 (1,992 births). Its best rank was 132nd, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- #185up 8 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,9920.12% of boys
- Peak year
- 20033,003 births
- Best rank
- #132in 1998
- Since 1882
- 99,521people given the name
The story in the numbers
99,521 boys have been named Nicolas in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 3,003 births — 0.15% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 196 → 185).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 28%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Nicolas | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | |
| 1890s | 19 | |
| 1900s | 51 | |
| 1910s | 367 | |
| 1920s | 749 | |
| 1930s | 567 | |
| 1940s | 694 | |
| 1950s | 1,042 | |
| 1960s | 1,389 | |
| 1970s | 3,872 | |
| 1980s | 10,271 | |
| 1990s | 21,219 | |
| 2000s | 28,266 | |
| 2010s | 21,212 | |
| 2020s | 9,777 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Nicolas was the 134th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2003 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Andrew. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Nicolas
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Andrespeak 2007
- Moisespeak 2001
- Syedpeak 2000
- Nadirpeak 2001
- Ronypeak 2009
- Ahmadpeak 2001
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Dantepeak 1998
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.