Nicholos — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicholos

The Social Security Administration has registered 768 babies named Nicholos between 1916 and 2010, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicholos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicholos performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 250 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Nicholos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicholos in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicholos 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 768 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.