Nikolaus
Nikolaus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 30 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 300.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199498 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1955
- 2,631people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,631 boys have been named Nikolaus in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 98 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 32%.
By decade
In 1994, its biggest year
Nikolaus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1994 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Nikolaus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dontepeak 1997
- Dontaypeak 1990
- Nicolauspeak 1998
- Johnathanpeak 1990
- Samerpeak 1994
- Rashawnpeak 1995
- Jestinpeak 2001
- Desmonpeak 1992
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.