Nicasio — boys' name
289 babies named Nicasio in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Nicasio was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Nicasio in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicasio
The Social Security Administration has registered 289 babies named Nicasio between 1928 and 2022, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicasio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicasio performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Nicasio shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nicasio in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicasio in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 289 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nicasio at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicasio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1928
- Peak year (1998)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 95 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
289 total births across 95 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 13 births in a single year.
Nicasio by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 61 births that decade — 21% of Nicasio's all-time total
Nicasio decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nicasio's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Nicasio by state
Where Nicasio concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 2.4% |
7 of 289 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1928–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.