Nicolaos — boys' name
99 babies named Nicolaos in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Nicolaos was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Nicolaos in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicolaos
The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Nicolaos between 1971 and 2011, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicolaos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicolaos performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nicolaos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nicolaos in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicolaos 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 99 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.
Nicolaos at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicolaos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1971
- Peak year (1975)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
99 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 10 births in a single year.
Nicolaos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 51 births that decade — 52% of Nicolaos's all-time total
Nicolaos decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nicolaos's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Nicolaos by state
Where Nicolaos concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 11.1% |
11 of 99 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.1% 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, 1971–2011 (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.