first name
NICKOLAS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,186 people named Nickolas, 72.8% reported their origin as White, 15.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nickolas peaked in 1998, when 1,156 babies got the name.
At least 39,403 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Nickolas by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #528. The largest share of babies named Nickolas, 35.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Nickolas is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nickolas has been most common in Idaho (2.2×), Washington (1.9×), and Utah (1.8×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.35×).
35,185 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Nickolas
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nickolas, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nickolas ranks #47,529 of 156,621, with 481 people. See Nickolas as a last name
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