Nichalas is a very rare variant of Nicholas that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Nichalas is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2006. Nichalas was first reported in SSA data in 1977 and peaked in 1988 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #11,631 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | #9,840 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #12,660 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #10,492 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #8,226 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #8,090 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #5,809 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #8,452 |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | #4,578 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #5,182 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | #5,431 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | #4,712 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #6,791 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #6,513 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #5,001 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #4,121 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #5,467 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | #3,477 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #5,907 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #5,189 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | #3,966 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #4,122 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #5,307 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #4,479 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #3,547 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #3,375 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #3,500 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #3,773 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | #5,637 |