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Nikolaos

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Nikolaos is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 47 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
470.00% of boys
Peak year
201457 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1962
2,020people given the name
Babies named Nikolaos, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,020 boys have been named Nikolaos in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 57 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2014, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2010s alone account for 22%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Nikolaos
1960s48
1970s295
1980s293
1990s284
2000s404
2010s447
2020s249

In 2014, its biggest year

Nikolaos was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.

Names that rose and fell with Nikolaos

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.