Boys' name · since 1950
Nicholes
Nicholes has 879 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,571 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 879
- born since 1950
- 1990s
- peak decade
879 boys have been named Nicholes since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nicholes has 879 recorded births among boys since 1950, 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 1950 to 2013.
- #5,571 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 879 born since 1950
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nicholes ranks #5,571 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 879 born since 1950, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,571 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 879
- born since 1950
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nicholes's 879 recorded births place it above 87.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Nicholes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nicholes splits its recorded history at 1990: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nicholes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2013
- Peak year (1989)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Nicholes by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (294 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Nicholes's strongest decade.
294 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Nicholes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 85
1970s
85 births
- 1980s
1980s
282 births
- 1990s
1990s
294 births
- 2000s
2000s
169 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 294 births (33% of all-time use).
How Nicholes compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Nicholes's total volume
Nicholes by state
Where Nicholes concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 74 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 17 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Washington | | 5 | 0.6% |
74 of 879 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Nicholes's data
- Nicholes's decade-level peak was the 1990s (294 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nicholess (74 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nicholes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1950–2013 (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 Nicholes 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.