Nicklas — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicklas

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,423 babies named Nicklas between 1914 and 2023, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicklas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 111 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicklas performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 724 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Nicklas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 402 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicklas in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicklas 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 2,423 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.