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Name
Meaning:

  • People Of Victory

    • National
    Origins:

  • Greek

    • Fun Facts

    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

    Click on a state to view more info!

    Names Similar to Nicholas

    Rank Name Global Rank
    1. Nicolas 341
    2. Nikolas 1170
    3. Nickolas 1722
    4. Niklaus 3212
    5. Nicholaus 3572
    6. Nicklas 3572
    7. Nicklaus 3572
    8. Nickolaus 3572

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    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

    Boys names starting with 'N'

    Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with N. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'N' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2019, and the total percentage of boys given this name.

    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%

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