Nikolis — boys' name
122 babies named Nikolis in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Nikolis was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Nikolis in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nikolis
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Nikolis between 1986 and 2008, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nikolis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikolis performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nikolis shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nikolis 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 122 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.
Nikolis at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nikolis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1986
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
122 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 12 births in a single year.
Nikolis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 72 births that decade — 59% of Nikolis's all-time total
Nikolis decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nikolis's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 1986–2008 (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.