Nicklaus — #4916 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicklaus

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,451 babies named Nicklaus between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicklaus currently holds the #4916 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 156 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicklaus performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nicklaus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 260 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicklaus in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicklaus 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 3,451 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.