Nickolas is an established boys' name that peaked in 1998 and has since faded.
Nickolas is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,498 for boy births in the United States (and #3,175 across all names), given to 118 babies. Nickolas was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1998 (1,156 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | 118 | — | #1,498 |
| 2024 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,545 |
| 2023 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,414 |
| 2022 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,402 |
| 2021 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,178 |
| 2020 | 195 | 195 | — | #1,043 |
| 2019 | 208 | 208 | — | #1,007 |
| 2018 | 265 | 265 | — | #841 |
| 2017 | 223 | 223 | — | #939 |
| 2016 | 301 | 301 | — | #789 |
| 2015 | 339 | 339 | — | #728 |
| 2014 | 335 | 335 | — | #722 |
| 2013 | 380 | 387 | — | #645 |
| 2012 | 457 | 457 | — | #566 |
| 2011 | 463 | 463 | — | #550 |
| 2010 | 565 | 565 | — | #466 |
| 2009 | 621 | 621 | — | #447 |
| 2008 | 739 | 739 | — | #400 |
| 2007 | 842 | 842 | — | #369 |
| 2006 | 938 | 938 | — | #335 |
| 2005 | 939 | 939 | — | #328 |
| 2004 | 1,074 | 1,074 | #18,048 | #298 |
| 2003 | 911 | 911 | — | #325 |
| 2002 | 891 | 891 | — | #317 |
| 2001 | 973 | 973 | — | #301 |
| 2000 | 1,089 | 1,089 | — | #282 |
| 1999 | 1,138 | 1,138 | — | #264 |
| 1998 | 1,156 | 1,156 | — | #259 |
| 1997 | 1,083 | — | — | #261 |
| 1996 | 1,067 | — | — | #263 |
| 1995 | 1,052 | — | — | #267 |
| 1994 | 1,080 | — | — | #263 |
| 1993 | 1,084 | — | — | #264 |
| 1992 | 1,069 | — | — | #265 |
| 1991 | 1,002 | — | — | #270 |
| 1990 | 998 | — | — | #268 |
| 1989 | 1,054 | — | #11,872 | #248 |
| 1988 | 829 | — | #11,324 | #285 |
| 1987 | 794 | — | #12,638 | #278 |
| 1986 | 756 | — | — | #279 |
| 1985 | 677 | — | #10,236 | #306 |
| 1984 | 619 | — | — | #315 |
| 1983 | 655 | — | #8,686 | #304 |
| 1982 | 589 | — | — | #324 |
| 1981 | 619 | — | #11,588 | #309 |
| 1980 | 687 | — | #8,771 | #299 |
| 1979 | 607 | — | — | #317 |
| 1978 | 574 | — | — | #310 |
| 1977 | 270 | — | — | #498 |
| 1976 | 173 | — | — | #626 |
| 1975 | 138 | — | — | #706 |
| 1974 | 122 | — | — | #736 |
| 1973 | 136 | — | — | #685 |
| 1972 | 119 | — | — | #731 |
| 1971 | 111 | — | — | #773 |
| 1970 | 130 | — | — | #723 |
| 1969 | 102 | — | — | #771 |
| 1968 | 121 | — | — | #687 |
| 1967 | 99 | — | — | #741 |
| 1966 | 85 | — | — | #791 |
| 1965 | 74 | — | — | #857 |
| 1964 | 83 | — | — | #836 |
| 1963 | 79 | — | — | #854 |
| 1962 | 90 | — | — | #801 |
| 1961 | 86 | — | — | #832 |
| 1960 | 91 | — | — | #802 |
| 1959 | 79 | — | — | #859 |
| 1958 | 97 | — | — | #753 |
| 1957 | 102 | — | — | #745 |
| 1956 | 106 | — | — | #713 |
| 1955 | 97 | — | — | #742 |
| 1954 | 108 | — | — | #696 |
| 1953 | 88 | — | — | #761 |
| 1952 | 115 | — | — | #648 |
| 1951 | 119 | — | — | #647 |
| 1950 | 92 | — | — | #716 |
| 1949 | 95 | — | — | #704 |
| 1948 | 79 | — | — | #763 |
| 1947 | 92 | — | — | #717 |
| 1946 | 65 | — | — | #817 |
| 1945 | 65 | — | — | #766 |
| 1944 | 64 | — | — | #788 |
| 1943 | 85 | — | — | #698 |
| 1942 | 87 | — | — | #690 |
| 1941 | 75 | — | — | #717 |
| 1940 | 61 | — | — | #797 |
| 1939 | 55 | — | — | #826 |
| 1938 | 61 | — | — | #795 |
| 1937 | 51 | — | — | #862 |
| 1936 | 66 | — | — | #744 |
| 1935 | 57 | — | — | #828 |
| 1934 | 69 | — | — | #739 |
| 1933 | 72 | — | — | #715 |
| 1932 | 76 | — | — | #715 |
| 1931 | 65 | — | — | #780 |
| 1930 | 113 | — | — | #566 |
| 1929 | 93 | — | — | #638 |
| 1928 | 123 | — | — | #550 |
| 1927 | 142 | — | — | #510 |
| 1926 | 132 | — | — | #526 |
| 1925 | 135 | — | — | #530 |
| 1924 | 155 | — | — | #498 |
| 1923 | 132 | — | — | #530 |
| 1922 | 125 | — | — | #569 |
| 1921 | 125 | — | — | #565 |
| 1920 | 140 | — | — | #517 |
| 1919 | 131 | — | — | #520 |
| 1918 | 140 | — | — | #507 |
| 1917 | 134 | — | — | #496 |
| 1916 | 109 | — | — | #550 |
| 1915 | 92 | — | — | #599 |
| 1914 | 91 | — | — | #514 |
| 1913 | 55 | — | — | #595 |
| 1912 | 45 | — | — | #620 |
| 1911 | 16 | — | — | #851 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | — | #1,096 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | — | #794 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | — | #1,070 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | — | #980 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #938 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | — | #1,134 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,156 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | — | #1,069 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | — | #1,044 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | — | #1,006 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | — | #823 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #1,003 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | — | #813 |