Nickelas — boys' name
43 babies named Nickelas in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Nickelas was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Nickelas in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nickelas
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Nickelas between 1988 and 2003, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nickelas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickelas performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nickelas shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nickelas 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 43 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.
Nickelas at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nickelas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1988
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
43 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 7 births in a single year.
Nickelas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 20 births that decade — 47% of Nickelas's all-time total
Nickelas decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nickelas's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1988–2003 (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.