Nicholson — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicholson

The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Nicholson between 1979 and 2018, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicholson currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicholson performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nicholson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicholson 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 97 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.