Masculine dossier · first seen 1955

Nikolaus

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1994

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1955Peak 19942024

Peak year

1994

Decline from peak

69.4%

2024

All-time

2,631

Nikolaus 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 1994, when 98 boys were named Nikolaus.

In 2024, only 30 boys were given the name.

Down 69.4% from its peak.

All told, about 2,631 Americans have been named Nikolaus and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1955.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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