first name
NIKOLAS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,364 people named Nikolas, 62% reported their origin as White, 25.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% as two or more races. 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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Nikolas peaked in 2004, when 1,065 babies got the name.
At least 24,050 babies have been given the name since 1937. 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.
Nikolas by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #766. The largest share of babies named Nikolas, 50.5%, 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 Nikolas is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nikolas has been most common in Nevada (2.7×), Arizona (2.3×), and Florida (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.16×).
21,532 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 Nikolas
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nikolas, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nikolas ranks #64,041 of 156,621, with 336 people. See Nikolas as a last name
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