Masculine dossier · first seen 1964

Nicklaus

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nicklaus
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1997

Peak rank proxy

156

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1964Peak 19972024

Peak year

1997

Decline from peak

87.2%

2024

All-time

3,451

Nicklaus has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1997, when 156 boys were named Nicklaus.

In 2024, only 20 boys were given the name.

Down 87.2% from its peak.

All told, about 3,451 Americans have been named Nicklaus and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1964.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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