Nickalaus — boys' name
281 babies named Nickalaus in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Nickalaus was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Nickalaus in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nickalaus
The Social Security Administration has registered 281 babies named Nickalaus between 1976 and 2006, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nickalaus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickalaus performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nickalaus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nickalaus 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 281 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.
Nickalaus at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nickalaus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1976
- Peak year (1991)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
281 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 17 births in a single year.
Nickalaus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 112 births that decade — 40% of Nickalaus's all-time total
Nickalaus decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nickalaus's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.