NameTides

Nicolas

Nicolas was the #177 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,053 babies), and #363 in England & Wales and #205 in Canada.

Nicolas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nicolas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Nicolas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#177 (2,053)#363 (115)#333 (10)—#211 (22)#205 (169)
2024#184 (1,997)#343 (128)#619 (4)#339 (4)#275 (15)#186 (183)
2023#192 (1,901)#310 (142)#533 (5)—#224 (20)#177 (186)
2022#191 (1,989)#256 (183)#342 (10)—#231 (21)#180 (191)
2021#188 (2,009)#257 (185)#372 (9)#374 (4)#312 (14)#170 (215)
2020#202 (1,894)#253 (188)#536 (5)#334 (4)#307 (14)#167 (222)
2019#181 (2,145)#252 (196)#334 (10)#365 (4)#352 (11)#147 (251)
2018#195 (2,098)#285 (176)#361 (9)#365 (4)#291 (15)#117 (310)
2017#206 (1,919)#283 (182)#304 (13)—#296 (15)#135 (283)
2016#194 (2,085)#267 (197)#290 (14)#358 (4)#237 (21)#128 (321)
2015#202 (1,998)#276 (183)#308 (12)—#245 (21)#100 (396)
2014#196 (2,077)#283 (165)#322 (12)#346 (4)#246 (22)#77 (472)
2013#191 (2,129)#293 (152)#257 (16)#303 (5)#265 (19)#73 (501)
2012#180 (2,131)#311 (146)#361 (9)#346 (4)#260 (20)#64 (543)
2011#168 (2,242)#303 (147)#261 (15)#261 (6)#245 (21)#62 (556)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #132.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 830 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 830common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 940common

Next year

On its recent trend, Nicolas is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 840 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 800 to 1 in 890.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nicolas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #285WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #190WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #314MNIllinois: #171ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #166NYMassachusetts: #143MAOregon: #247ORNevada: #187NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #455OHPennsylvania: #286PANew Jersey: #107NJConnecticut: #147CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #100CAUtah: #274UTColorado: #202CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #439MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #203VAMaryland: #195MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #157AZNew Mexico: #161NMKansas: #277KSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #359TNNorth Carolina: #276NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #293OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #252GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #104TXFlorida: #104FL
Nicolas (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
Quebec2025#10963
Ontario2024#24855

Nicolas (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
NicolasCanadaGirls—too few
NicolasCanadaBoys#205169
NicolasEngland & WalesBoys#363115
NicolasIrelandBoys#21122
NicolásIrelandBoys#8293
NicolasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NicolasScotlandBoys#33310
NicolasUSGirls—too few
NicolasUSBoys#1772,053