Boys' name · since 1979
Nickolis
Nickolis has 258 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,477 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 258
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nickolis sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 258 recorded since 1979.
Nickolis has 258 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2014.
- #11,477 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 258 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nickolis ranks #11,477 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 258 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,477 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 258
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nickolis's 258 recorded births place it above 74.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nickolis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nickolis's full recorded timeline at 1998, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nickolis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2014
- Peak year (1999)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Nickolis by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (106 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Nickolis's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Nickolis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s 26
2010s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 106 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Nickolis's decade-level peak was the 1990s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nickolis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nickolis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.