How Many People Are Named Nikolaos?
people named Nikolaos are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 170,892 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,072 babies named Nikolaos in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
58 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
, GreekOriginal Greek form of NICHOLAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nikolaos in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nikolaos alive today is about 24 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nikolaos first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 2014, to 58 babies. In 2025, 51 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nikolaos has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,347, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #2,591.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,591 |
| Best rank | #1,347 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,707 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nikolaos alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nikolaos were born in New York than in any other state: about 415 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nikolaos was given 9.1 times as often in New York and 2.4 times in Illinois.
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