Nicholaus
Nicholaus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 662nd, in 1979, 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1981168 births
- Best rank
- #662first in 1979
- Since 1950
- 3,255people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,255 boys have been named Nicholaus in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 168 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 35%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1981, its biggest year
Nicholaus was the 662nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1981 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Nicholaus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeredpeak 1982
- Justinpeak 1988
- Vietpeak 1982
- Justonpeak 1980
- Jerredpeak 1988
- Amitpeak 1983
- Joshuapeak 1989
- Dustenpeak 1985
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.