Nicklos — boys' name
277 babies named Nicklos in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Nicklos was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Nicklos in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicklos
The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Nicklos between 1916 and 2003, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicklos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicklos performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Nicklos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicklos 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 277 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.
Nicklos at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicklos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1916
- Peak year (1979)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 88 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
277 total births across 88 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 13 births in a single year.
Nicklos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 64 births that decade — 23% of Nicklos's all-time total
Nicklos decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nicklos's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% 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, 1916–2003 (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.