Nicklous — boys' name
245 babies named Nicklous in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Nicklous was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Nicklous in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicklous
The Social Security Administration has registered 245 babies named Nicklous between 1965 and 2011, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicklous currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicklous performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nicklous shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicklous 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 245 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.
Nicklous at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicklous popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1965
- Peak year (1987)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
245 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 15 births in a single year.
Nicklous by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 85 births that decade — 35% of Nicklous's all-time total
Nicklous decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nicklous's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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, 1965–2011 (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.