Nicholus is a rare variant of Nicholas that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Nicholus is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Nicholus was first reported in SSA data in 1963 and peaked in 1978 (47 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #11,687 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #8,569 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | #9,615 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | #8,804 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #11,633 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | #6,119 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #6,845 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | #7,661 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | #4,446 |
| 2001 | 21 | 21 | #3,939 |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | #4,513 |
| 1999 | 26 | 26 | #3,163 |
| 1998 | 27 | 27 | #2,995 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | #4,001 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #6,932 |
| 1995 | 18 | — | #3,660 |
| 1994 | 26 | — | #2,825 |
| 1993 | 19 | — | #3,462 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #3,304 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #2,380 |
| 1990 | 21 | — | #3,028 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | #2,756 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | #2,617 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | #2,754 |
| 1985 | 27 | — | #2,108 |
| 1984 | 25 | — | #2,140 |
| 1983 | 25 | — | #2,128 |
| 1982 | 32 | — | #1,805 |
| 1981 | 36 | — | #1,652 |
| 1980 | 37 | — | #1,612 |
| 1979 | 47 | — | #1,364 |
| 1978 | 47 | — | #1,344 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #2,531 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #5,262 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #4,081 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #3,955 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #4,803 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #5,432 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,274 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #3,907 |