Niklaus
Niklaus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 162 births. Its best rank was 842nd, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1620.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021282 births
- Best rank
- #842in 2021
- Since 1979
- 2,299people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,299 boys have been named Niklaus in the United States since 1979, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 282 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 49%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Niklaus was the 842nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Niklaus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Caydepeak 2019
- Zaynpeak 2024
- Grangerpeak 2021
- Maverickpeak 2022
- Huxleypeak 2020
- Bowiepeak 2021
- Shivanshpeak 2019
- Kaiserpeak 2022
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.