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.
35% of everyone ever named Nikolos was born in this single decade.
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 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nikolos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1978
- Peak year (2005)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
217 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 18 births in a single year.
Nikolos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 77 births that decade — 35% of Nikolos's all-time total
Nikolos decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nikolos's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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, 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.