How Many People Are Named Nicolaus?
people named Nicolaus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 310,996 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,141 babies named Nicolaus in Social Security records from 1971 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
47 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of Nikolaos (see NICHOLAS). This form is also used in Germany as a variant of NIKOLAUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nicolaus in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nicolaus alive today is about 30 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nicolaus first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1998, to 47 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Nicolaus has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,850, in 1983.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,850 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,193 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nicolaus alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nicolaus were born in California than in any other state: about 168 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nicolaus was given about 5.4 times as often in California.
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