Boys' name · since 1976
Nickalus
Nickalus has 444 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,470 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 444
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nickalus is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 444 have been recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nickalus has been recorded 444 times among boys since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2013.
- #8,470 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 444 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nickalus ranks #8,470 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 444 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,470 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 444
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nickalus's 444 recorded births place it above 81.36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nickalus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nickalus's full recorded timeline at 1995, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nickalus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2013
- Peak year (1980)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Nickalus by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (140 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Nickalus's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Nickalus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
107 births
- 1990s
1990s
140 births
- 2000s
2000s
137 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 140 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Nickalus's decade-level peak was the 1990s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nickalus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nickalus draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.