NameTides

Nickolas

Nickolas was the #1,492 boys' name in the US in 2025 (118 babies), and #1,804 in Canada.

Nickolas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nickolas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Nickolas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,492 (118)———#1,804 (11)
2024#1,540 (114)#2,922 (7)——#1,764 (11)
2023#1,408 (130)#4,108 (4)——#1,421 (14)
2022#1,393 (133)#3,049 (6)——#1,895 (9)
2021#1,170 (168)#3,017 (6)——#1,230 (17)
2020#1,039 (195)#2,404 (8)——#1,454 (13)
2019#1,004 (208)#2,266 (9)——#1,998 (8)
2018#840 (265)#1,786 (13)——#818 (29)
2017#936 (223)#2,172 (10)——#1,008 (22)
2016#788 (301)#2,335 (9)——#1,198 (17)
2015#727 (339)#2,319 (9)——#873 (26)
2014#720 (335)#2,079 (10)——#724 (34)
2013#645 (380)#2,403 (8)——#669 (37)
2012#565 (457)#3,416 (5)——#602 (41)
2011#549 (463)#2,892 (6)—#623 (4)#525 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #259.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nickolas is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nickolas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Nickolas (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#1,5176

Nickolas (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
NickolasCanadaBoys#1,80411
NickolasEngland & WalesBoys—too few
NickolasIrelandBoys—too few
NickolasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NickolasScotlandBoys—too few
NickolasUSGirls—too few
NickolasUSBoys#1,492118