Nikolas
Nikolas is ranked 725th among boys in 2024 (361 births). Its best rank was 287th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- #725down 76 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3610.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 20041,060 births
- Best rank
- #287in 1998
- Since 1937
- 23,658people given the name
The story in the numbers
23,658 boys have been named Nikolas in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 1,060 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 557 → 725).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 33%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Nikolas | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 5 | |
| 1960s | 107 | |
| 1970s | 503 | |
| 1980s | 1,955 | |
| 1990s | 5,945 | |
| 2000s | 7,812 | |
| 2010s | 5,132 | |
| 2020s | 2,188 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Nikolas was the 301st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Nikolas
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Destinpeak 2001
- Cameronpeak 2000
- Markelpeak 1999
- Jalilpeak 2000
- Colepeak 2002
- Garrisonpeak 1999
- Markellpeak 2005
- Erykpeak 2001
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.