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Nicholas Sympathetic • Emotional • Persistent
Nicholas Sympathetic • Emotional • Persistent
Sympathetic • Emotional • Persistent
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Shown On The Bible And In Charles Dicken's Nicholas Nickleby. Also Known Thanks To St Nicholas, The Christmas Man .
Common nickname: Nick .
Nicholas Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.66%
Male
0.34%
Female
Nicholas is predominantly a boys name, with 0.34% of Nicholass being girls, and 99.66% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 912881 males named Nicholas, and 3111 females given the name
Popularity of Nicholas by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Nicholas in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Nicholas: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2019
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Nicholas' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Nicholas in the USA from 1880-2019. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Nicholas's average ranking is 230.54, with it's highest ever rank being #. Nicholas has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 12 times, and has reached the top hundred names 49 times.
Nicholas has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 915992 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Nicholas gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1978, when it's usage went up by 268.97%. During this year, 16356 babies were named Nicholas, which was 0.5246% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.802%, in this year alone more than 29000 boys were named Nicholas.
Popular 'N' Names for Boys
| Name | 'N-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah | 1. | 2. | 19015 | 0.526% |
| Nathan | 2. | 58. | 7933 | 0.219% |
| Nicholas | 3. | 96. | 5716 | 0.158% |
| Nolan | 4. | 99. | 5615 | 0.155% |
| Nathaniel | 5. | 171. | 3850 | 0.106% |
| Nicolas | 6. | 341. | 2065 | 0.057% |
| Nash | 7. | 535. | 1254 | 0.035% |
| Nehemiah | 8. | 712. | 918 | 0.025% |
| Noel | 9. | 766. | 844 | 0.023% |
| Nasir | 10. | 928. | 668 | 0.018% |
| Nikolai | 11. | 961. | 637 | 0.018% |
| Nico | 12. | 1006. | 603 | 0.017% |
| Nixon | 13. | 1063. | 566 | 0.016% |
| Nikolas | 14. | 1170. | 494 | 0.014% |
| Niko | 15. | 1280. | 434 | 0.012% |
| Nelson | 16. | 1303. | 426 | 0.012% |
| Nathanael | 17. | 1312. | 423 | 0.012% |
| Neil | 18. | 1315. | 422 | 0.012% |
| Noe | 19. | 1363. | 397 | 0.011% |
| Nickolas | 20. | 1722. | 294 | 0.008% |