Nicholaos

nih-SHAH-lowz /nɪˈʃɑːlaʊz/
boy 3 syllables fading

Nicholaos is a very rare variant of Nicholas that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.

Nicholaos is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2008. Nicholaos was first reported in SSA data in 1967 and peaked in 1979 (9 births).

About the name Nicholaos

Pronunciationnih-SHAH-lowz /nɪˈʃɑːlaʊz/
9peak births 1979
1967first in SSA data

Names similar to Nicholaos

How popular is Nicholaos?

Boys named Nicholaos
196719701980199020002008
Boys named Nicholaos per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1967–2008 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2008) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Nicholaos total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
200877#10,696
200155#11,794
19935—#9,725
19916—#7,952
19885—#8,152
19877—#5,908
19866—#6,484
19846—#6,100
19835—#6,986
19826—#6,163
19818—#4,827
19808—#4,816
19799—#4,299
19785—#6,483
19777—#4,955
19767—#4,773
19746—#5,054
19735—#5,637
19705—#5,228
19676—#3,848