How Many People Are Named Nickolas?
people named Nickolas are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,901 people in the US has this name
Based on 39,403 babies named Nickolas in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,156 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of NICHOLAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Nickolas in English. Counting Nickolas and these spellings together, about 877,707 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Nickolas (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nickolas alive today is about 31 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nickolas first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1998, to 1,156 babies. In 2025, 118 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nickolas has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #248, in 1989. In 2025 it ranked #1,498.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,498 |
| Best rank | #248 (1989) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #262 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nickolas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nickolas were born in California than in any other state: about 4,269 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nickolas was given 2 times as often in Idaho, 1.7 times in Michigan and 1.6 times in Minnesota.
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