How Many People Are Named Niklas?
people named Niklas are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 204,416 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,711 babies named Niklas in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
90 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Swedish form of NICHOLAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Niklas in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Niklas alive today is about 23 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Niklas first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2000, to 90 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Niklas has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,393, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #8,056.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,056 |
| Best rank | #1,393 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,872 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Niklas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Niklas were born in California than in any other state: about 194 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Niklas was given 7 times as often in Minnesota, 5.7 times in Michigan and 3.2 times in California.
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