Recorded 1988–2018 Boys' name Peak 2003 189 births

Niccolas — boys' name

189 babies named Niccolas in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s111990s732000s892010s16
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Niccolas was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

15 babies were named Niccolas in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Niccolas

The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Niccolas between 1988 and 2018, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Niccolas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niccolas performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Niccolas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Niccolas in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niccolas 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 189 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.

Niccolas at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

189

Since 1988

31 years of records

Peak year

2003

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1988

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2018

Niccolas popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1988

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2003)
15
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
05101520 2018200820042000199619921988 5

Niccolas by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
89 births that decade — 47% of Niccolas's all-time total
1980s111990s732000s892010s16

Niccolas by state

Where Niccolas concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Niccolas
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.6%
California share of Niccolas's total US births 2.6%

5 of 189 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Niccolas?
189 babies have been named Niccolas since 1988. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2003 with 15 births.
When was Niccolas most popular?
Niccolas was most popular in the 2000s decade with 89 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Niccolas most popular?
The top states for the name Niccolas are California (5 births).
How long has the name Niccolas been used?
Niccolas has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 31 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Niccolas?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nicholas, Nicolas, Nick, Nickolas, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1988–2018 (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.