NameTides

Nicholas

Nicholas was the #112 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,115 babies), and #214 in England & Wales and #133 in Canada.

Nicholas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Nicholas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Nicholas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#112 (3,115)#214 (234)#190 (22)—#198 (24)#133 (238)——
2024#117 (3,038)#211 (236)#191 (22)#305 (5)#162 (31)#141 (227)#91 (91)—
2023#109 (3,261)#201 (245)#162 (28)#312 (5)#166 (31)#124 (255)——
2022#97 (3,643)#176 (287)#217 (19)#352 (4)#154 (37)#141 (243)#84 (103)—
2021#92 (3,866)#166 (321)#221 (20)#295 (6)#232 (21)#101 (339)#81 (117)#94 (78)
2020#87 (4,065)#176 (303)#239 (17)#392 (3)#174 (30)#93 (352)#79 (111)—
2019#78 (4,642)#139 (408)#194 (25)#226 (9)#133 (45)#89 (383)#66 (133)—
2018#74 (4,847)#157 (356)#187 (26)#283 (6)#149 (40)#83 (410)#65 (139)#94 (73)
2017#68 (5,372)#147 (398)#173 (32)#214 (9)#175 (34)#76 (449)#70 (134)#76 (92)
2016#63 (5,765)#151 (388)#202 (26)#281 (6)#125 (53)#66 (516)#62 (160)#82 (81)
2015#62 (6,263)#140 (410)#146 (40)#201 (11)#125 (53)#66 (530)#55 (171)#82 (76)
2014#57 (6,779)#139 (413)#130 (47)#281 (6)#136 (47)#55 (613)#43 (204)#59 (103)
2013#54 (7,147)#141 (417)#154 (36)#271 (6)#135 (47)#53 (629)#47 (200)#52 (129)
2012#49 (7,742)#149 (397)#174 (33)#204 (10)#148 (47)#44 (737)#34 (245)#43 (146)
2011#42 (8,601)#148 (398)#208 (23)#311 (4)#149 (47)#44 (719)#36 (249)#32 (166)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #7.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 550 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 550common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 890common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 990common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 670common

Next year

On its recent trend, Nicholas is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 560 to 1 in 650.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nicholas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #160WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #196WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #237MNIllinois: #88ILMichigan: #156MINew York: #52NYMassachusetts: #98MAOregon: #181ORNevada: #128NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: #276IAIndiana: #181INOhio: #147OHPennsylvania: #70PANew Jersey: #39NJConnecticut: #60CTRhode Island: #61RICalifornia: #93CAUtah: #181UTColorado: #153CONebraska: #196NEMissouri: #218MOKentucky: #173KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #109VAMaryland: #119MDDelaware: #68DEArizona: #147AZNew Mexico: #134NMKansas: #277KSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #217TNNorth Carolina: #162NCSouth Carolina: #143SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #175OKLouisiana: #221LAMississippi: #144MSAlabama: #157ALGeorgia: #147GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #123TXFlorida: #99FL
Nicholas (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#92128
Quebec2025#24121

Nicholas (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NicholasCanadaGirls—too few
NicholasCanadaBoys#133238
NicholasEngland & WalesBoys#214234
NicholasIrelandBoys#19824
NicholasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NicholasNSWBoys—too few
NicholasScotlandBoys#19022
NicholasUSGirls#10,9178
NicholasUSBoys#1123,115
NicholasVICBoys—too few