Boys' name · since 1978
Nichlaus
Nichlaus has 40 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,754 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nichlaus is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 40 have been recorded since 1978.
Nichlaus has 40 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1995.
- #23,754 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 40 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nichlaus ranks #23,754 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,754 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nichlaus's 40 recorded births place it above 47.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nichlaus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nichlaus's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nichlaus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1995
- Peak year (1994)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Nichlaus by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (19 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Nichlaus's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Nichlaus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nichlaus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nichlaus draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.