Nicodemus
Nicodemus was given to 45 boys in 2025, #2,825 among boys’ names; 1,120 Americans have been recorded with it since 1924 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,090 Americans named Nicodemus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 7 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nicodemus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Nicodemus mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Nicodemus is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the senses “victory” (νῑ́κη) and “people” (δῆμος).
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).
/nɪkəˈdiːməs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Nicodemus?
#2,825 among boys’ names, 2025
Nicodemus rose from #3,657 in 2015 to #2,825 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 15.7 to 26.3 per million.
48 babies in 2022, the peak
Nicodemus peaked in 2022, when 48 boys were given it, #2,742 among boys’ names. The 45 births of 2025 are 94% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,825 | 26.3 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,369 | 20.3 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,267 | 21.6 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,742 | 27.5 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,105 | 22.3 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,011 | 22.6 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,540 | 17.8 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,493 | 17.6 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,233 | 19.4 |
| 2016 | 26 | #4,062 | 13.7 |
Every recorded year (50)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 30 | #3,657 | 15.7 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,070 | 19.3 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,383 | 16.9 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,091 | 13.2 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,861 | 14.2 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,961 | 13.6 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,239 | 12.1 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,846 | 9.8 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,569 | 14.5 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,581 | 14.1 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,144 | 16.5 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,089 | 11.1 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,089 | 15.7 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,060 | 15.5 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,115 | 14.9 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,266 | 13.2 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,452 | 12.0 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,805 | 9.9 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,233 | 12.2 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,804 | 14.3 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,436 | 7.4 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,477 | 16.0 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,457 | 9.7 |
| 1992 | 22 | #3,075 | 11.0 |
| 1991 | 7 | #7,044 | 3.5 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,585 | 5.8 |
| 1988 | 5 | #8,154 | 2.6 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,703 | 3.2 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,742 | 3.8 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,571 | 3.8 |
| 1982 | 5 | #7,054 | 2.8 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,781 | 6.1 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,376 | 7.3 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,745 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,888 | 4.3 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,412 | 7.0 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,847 | 5.8 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,907 | 3.8 |
| 1971 | 5 | #5,433 | 2.8 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,201 | 5.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Nicodemus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Nicodemus has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 50 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Nicodemus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nicodemus, and how old are they?
1,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 1,120 Americans ever recorded as Nicodemus. The median Nicodemus alive today is 17 years old; half are between 7 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 876 people named Nicodemus (4 women and girls, 872 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 866 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 51 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 166 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 410 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 465 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Nicodemus
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Nicodemus: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Nicodemus.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Nicodemus alive today were born 2013-2025.
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