US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE NICOLAS

Same rise and fall as Nicolas, around the same years.

WHERE NICOLAS IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Nicolas ranked highest in Texas (#163) and lowest in Louisiana (#1,321). 10 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Nicolas name popularity

Nicolas has been given to 101,764 babies in the United States since 1882.

It peaked in 2003, when 3,012 babies got the name, and its best rank was #247 in 2003.

In 2025, 2,053 babies were named Nicolas (#333 in the country), 32% below the peak. That is up 3% from 2015.

Almost every Nicolas is a boy.

An estimated 98K people named Nicolas are alive in the US today, with a median age of 22.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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