Boys' name · since 1989
Nikalas
98 babies named Nikalas in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 98
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
98 boys have been named Nikalas since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nikalas has 98 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2010.
- #17,558 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 98 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikalas ranks #17,558 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 98
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nikalas's 98 recorded births place it above 61.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikalas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nikalas's full recorded timeline at 1999, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nikalas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2010
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Nikalas by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (50 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Nikalas's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Nikalas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 50 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Nikalas's data
- Nikalas's decade-level peak was the 1990s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikalas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nikalas draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.