Nickalas — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nickalas

The Social Security Administration has registered 609 babies named Nickalas between 1976 and 2012, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nickalas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickalas performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 265 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nickalas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nickalas in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nickalas 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 609 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.