Nocholas — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nocholas

The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Nocholas between 1978 and 1996, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nocholas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nocholas performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nocholas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nocholas 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 103 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.