Masculine dossier · first seen 1937

Nikolas

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2004

Peak rank proxy

1,060

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1937Peak 20042024

Peak year

2004

Decline from peak

65.9%

2024

361

All-time

23,658

Nikolas 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 2004, when 1,060 boys were named Nikolas.

In 2024, only 361 boys were given the name.

Down 65.9% from its peak.

All told, about 23,658 Americans have been named Nikolas and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1937.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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