Nicholis

Boy · recorded 1955–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1988best year

Most popular in 1988.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nicholis.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1955

0101919551971198820042020

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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 42 recorded years as a table
Nicholis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19552
19693
19753
19763
19777
197813
197915
198012
198112
198211
19839
198412
198517
198610
198716
198819
198917
199019
199110
199214
199312
199416
19956
199616
199713
199812
199911
20008
20018
20028
200312
20046
20054
20064
20074
20086
20095
20106
20115
20133
20173
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nicholis 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 2020
5
Rank in 2020
#12,022
How rare
1 in 345,215 boys
Since 1955
742

Nicholis was last recorded in 2020. 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 1988, at 19 per million boys born.

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

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