Nickolaus
Nickolaus is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199072 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1921
- 1,795people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,795 boys have been named Nickolaus in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 72 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 72 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 34%.
By decade
In 1990, its biggest year
Nickolaus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Nickolaus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brandonpeak 1992
- Justenpeak 1990
- Jaredpeak 1998
- Nicolauspeak 1998
- Brandenpeak 1992
- Shamelpeak 1993
- Nicholaspeak 1995
- Joshuapeak 1989
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.