Nickolaus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nickolaus

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,795 babies named Nickolaus between 1921 and 2019, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nickolaus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickolaus performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 609 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Nickolaus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 171 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Nickolaus in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nickolaus 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 1,795 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.