Nicholaos

Boy · recorded 1967–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1967

03519671977198819982008

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 20 recorded years as a table
Nicholaos, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19673
19703
19733
19744
19764
19774
19783
19795
19804
19814
19823
19833
19843
19863
19874
19883
19913
19933
20013
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nicholaos isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
7
Rank in 2008
#9,871
How rare
1 in 291,450 boys
Since 1967
124

Nicholaos was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1979, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nicholaos doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.