Niklas — #12682 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Niklas

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,701 babies named Niklas between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Niklas currently holds the #12682 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 90 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niklas performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 686 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Niklas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 198 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Niklas in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niklas 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 1,701 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.