Nickolaos — boys' name
152 babies named Nickolaos in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Nickolaos was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Nickolaos in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nickolaos
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Nickolaos between 1969 and 1990, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nickolaos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickolaos performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nickolaos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nickolaos in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nickolaos 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 152 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.
Nickolaos at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nickolaos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1969
- Peak year (1977)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
152 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 13 births in a single year.
Nickolaos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 71 births that decade — 47% of Nickolaos's all-time total
Nickolaos decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Nickolaos's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Nickolaos by state
Where Nickolaos concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 7 | 4.6% |
7 of 152 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1969–1990 (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.