Nicholus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicholus

The Social Security Administration has registered 755 babies named Nicholus between 1963 and 2015, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicholus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicholus performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nicholus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicholus in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicholus 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 755 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.