Nickolus — boys' name
479 babies named Nickolus in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Nickolus was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Nickolus in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nickolus
The Social Security Administration has registered 479 babies named Nickolus between 1977 and 2014, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nickolus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickolus performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nickolus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nickolus 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 479 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.
Nickolus at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nickolus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1977
- Peak year (1998)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
479 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 23 births in a single year.
Nickolus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 164 births that decade — 34% of Nickolus's all-time total
Nickolus decade highlights
- Peak decade 164 births
- Runner-up 136 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nickolus's strongest decade
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1977–2014 (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.