Nicholaus — #7293 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicholaus

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,255 babies named Nicholaus between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicholaus currently holds the #7293 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 168 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicholaus performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Nicholaus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 461 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicholaus in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicholaus 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 3,255 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.