Nicholis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicholis

The Social Security Administration has registered 742 babies named Nicholis between 1955 and 2020, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicholis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicholis performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Nicholis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicholis in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicholis 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 742 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.