Boys' name · since 2013
Nikson
Nikson has 18 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
18 boys have been named Nikson since 2013, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikson has been recorded 18 times among boys since 2013, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2015.
- #29,818 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikson ranks #29,818 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nikson's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nikson's full recorded timeline at 2015, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nikson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2015
- Peak year (2013)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Nikson by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Nikson's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Nikson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2013–2015 (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 Nikson 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.