Nicholes — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicholes

The Social Security Administration has registered 879 babies named Nicholes between 1950 and 2013, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicholes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicholes performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 294 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nicholes shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicholes in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicholes 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 879 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.