Nickolas Boy
How popular is Nickolas?
#1,492 boy name in 2025
118 baby boys were named Nickolas in the US in 2025, making it the 1492nd most popular boy name.
Nickolas popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,492 for boys (▲ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 118 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #727 in 2015, #1,039 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (1,156 boys) |
| Highest rank | #248 in 1989 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nickolas counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nicolas family of names ranked #152 for boys in 2025 (#160 the year before), with 2,575 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolas | 2,053 | 80% |
| Nikolas | 375 | 15% |
| Nickolas | 118 | 5% |
| Niklas | 10 | 0% |
| Nicklas | 7 | 0% |
| Nikkolas | 6 | 0% |
| Nikoloz | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nickolas is most popular
Babies named Nickolas per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (69 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (93 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (89 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 boys)
Nickolas by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #754 |
| 1890s | 17 | #953 |
| 1900s | 66 | #756 |
| 1910s | 823 | #496 |
| 1920s | 1,302 | #495 |
| 1930s | 685 | #564 |
| 1940s | 768 | #687 |
| 1950s | 1,003 | #646 |
| 1960s | 910 | #685 |
| 1970s | 2,380 | #310 |
| 1980s | 7,237 | #248 |
| 1990s | 10,729 | #259 |
| 2000s | 9,012 | #282 |
| 2010s | 3,536 | #465 |
| 2020s | 858 | #1,039 |
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Questions
- Is Nickolas a boy or girl name?
- Nickolas is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nickolas were boys.
- How popular is the name Nickolas?
- 118 baby boys were named Nickolas in the US in 2025, making it the 1492nd most popular boy name.
- When was Nickolas most popular?
- Nickolas peaked in 1998, when 1,156 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #248 in 1989.
- How many people are named Nickolas?
- 39,403 babies have been named Nickolas in the US since 1880. We estimate about 34,679 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Nickolas most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nickolas was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.