Nicklaus
Nicklaus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 891st, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1997156 births
- Best rank
- #891in 1997
- Since 1964
- 3,451people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,451 boys have been named Nicklaus in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 156 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 34%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1997, its biggest year
Nicklaus was the 891st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1997 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Nicklaus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jarettpeak 1998
- Nicolauspeak 1998
- Tavonpeak 1996
- Jontepeak 1997
- Dustynpeak 1995
- Rasheedpeak 1995
- Brendonpeak 1998
- Garettpeak 2000
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.