How Many People Are Named Nikolaus?
people named Nikolaus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 133,561 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,656 babies named Nikolaus in Social Security records from 1955 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
98 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German form of NICHOLAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Nikolaus in English. Counting Nikolaus and these spellings together, about 4,274 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nikolaus in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nikolaus alive today is about 28 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nikolaus first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 1994, to 98 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nikolaus has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,086, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #4,345.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,345 |
| Best rank | #1,086 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,290 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nikolaus alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nikolaus were born in California than in any other state: about 302 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nikolaus was given 3.1 times as often in California and 1.6 times in Texas.
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