Nicolaus
Nicolaus 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
- 199847 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 1,141people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,141 boys have been named Nicolaus in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 47 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 47 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 33%.
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Nicolaus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Nicolaus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dontepeak 1997
- Nicklauspeak 1997
- Nikolauspeak 1994
- Samerpeak 1994
- Rashaunpeak 1998
- Dontaypeak 1990
- Jestinpeak 2001
- Rashonpeak 1994
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.