NameTides

Niklaus

Niklaus was the #1,401 boys' name in the US in 2025 (130 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Niklaus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Niklaus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Niklaus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,401 (130)#2,440 (9)#2,269 (8)
2024#1,231 (163)#2,672 (8)#2,062 (9)
2023#1,137 (185)#2,008 (11)—
2022#959 (236)#2,019 (11)#2,493 (6)
2021#842 (282)#1,860 (12)#1,761 (10)
2020#886 (255)#2,404 (8)#1,708 (10)
2019#968 (221)#2,488 (8)#2,189 (7)
2018#1,079 (183)#2,445 (8)#1,836 (9)
2017#1,191 (156)#2,734 (7)#2,198 (7)
2016#1,456 (118)#3,079 (6)#2,428 (6)
2015#1,581 (102)#3,373 (5)#1,956 (8)
2014#2,154 (63)#4,632 (3)#2,371 (6)
2013#2,998 (37)——
2012#6,001 (14)——
2010#9,693 (7)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #842.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Niklaus is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Niklaus 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: #1,280ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: 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: #1,028NCSouth 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: #1,347TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Niklaus (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NiklausCanadaBoys#2,2698
NiklausEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
NiklausNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NiklausUSBoys#1,401130