Recorded 1978–2013 Boys' name Peak 2005 217 births

Nikolos — boys' name

217 babies named Nikolos in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s141980s471990s742000s772010s5
2000s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Nikolos was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

18 babies were named Nikolos in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nikolos

The Social Security Administration has registered 217 babies named Nikolos between 1978 and 2013, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nikolos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikolos performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nikolos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikolos 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 217 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.

Nikolos at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

217

Since 1978

36 years of records

Peak year

2005

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1978

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2013

Nikolos popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1978

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2005)
18
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
05101520 20132004200019961991198619801978 5

Nikolos by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
77 births that decade — 35% of Nikolos's all-time total
1970s141980s471990s742000s772010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nikolos?
217 babies have been named Nikolos since 1978. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2005 with 18 births.
When was Nikolos most popular?
Nikolos was most popular in the 2000s decade with 77 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Nikolos been used?
Nikolos has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 36 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Nikolos?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nikolas, Niko, Nikolai, Nikhil, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1978–2013 (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.