Nicolas — #184 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicolas

The Social Security Administration has registered 99,521 babies named Nicolas between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicolas currently holds the #184 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 3,003 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicolas performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 28,266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Nicolas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20,908 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicolas in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicolas 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 99,521 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.