first name
NICOLAS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 99,604 people named Nicolas, 55.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 36% as White and 3.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nicolas peaked in 2003, when 3,012 babies got the name.
At least 101,764 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.
Nicolas by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #261. The largest share of babies named Nicolas, 42.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Nicolas is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nicolas has been most common in Florida (2.5×), Nevada (2.5×), and California (2.1×), and least common in South Dakota (0.13×).
98,707 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 Nicolas
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nicolas, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nicolas ranks #3,707 of 156,621, with 9,318 people. See Nicolas as a last name
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