How Many People Are Named Niklaus?
people named Niklaus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 141,996 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,430 babies named Niklaus in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
282 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Swiss German form of NICHOLAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Niklaus in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Niklaus alive today is about 8 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Niklaus first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 2021, to 282 babies. In 2025, 130 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Niklaus has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #844, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #1,407.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,407 |
| Best rank | #844 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,043 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Niklaus alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Niklaus were born in Texas than in any other state: about 203 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Niklaus was given 1.9 times as often in Indiana, 1.7 times in Florida and 1.6 times in Ohio.
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