Nikolaos
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
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
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.
- Moishepeak 2015
- Yusefpeak 2024
- Konstantinospeak 1977
- Stavrospeak 2007
- Ioannispeak 2018
- Aminpeak 2022
- Rahimpeak 2018
- Johndavidpeak 2007
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.