Nicollas — boys' name
32 babies named Nicollas in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Nicollas was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nicollas in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicollas
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Nicollas between 2005 and 2022, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicollas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicollas performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nicollas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nicollas in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicollas 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 32 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.
Nicollas at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicollas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2005
- Peak year (2009)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
32 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 8 births in a single year.
Nicollas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 21 births that decade — 66% of Nicollas's all-time total
Nicollas decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nicollas's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Nicollas by state
Where Nicollas concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 15.6% |
5 of 32 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 15.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 15.6% 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, 2005–2022 (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.