Nichlaus — boys' name
40 babies named Nichlaus in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Nichlaus was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nichlaus in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nichlaus
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Nichlaus between 1978 and 1995, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nichlaus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nichlaus performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nichlaus shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nichlaus 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 40 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.
Nichlaus at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nichlaus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1978
- Peak year (1994)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
40 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 8 births in a single year.
Nichlaus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 19 births that decade — 48% of Nichlaus's all-time total
Nichlaus decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nichlaus's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–1995 (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.