Nikolas is an established variant of Nicolas that peaked in 2004 and has grown less common since.
Nikolas is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #719 for boy births in the United States (and #1,441 across all names), given to 375 babies — 380 including U.S. territories. Nikolas first appears in 1937 and peaked in 2004 (1,060 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 375 | 380 | — | #719 |
| 2024 | 362 | 368 | — | #729 |
| 2023 | 422 | 422 | — | #650 |
| 2022 | 475 | 483 | — | #595 |
| 2021 | 477 | 483 | — | #585 |
| 2020 | 453 | 459 | — | #604 |
| 2019 | 454 | 459 | — | #603 |
| 2018 | 502 | 508 | — | #553 |
| 2017 | 463 | 468 | — | #589 |
| 2016 | 499 | 507 | — | #566 |
| 2015 | 497 | 502 | — | #566 |
| 2014 | 495 | 502 | — | #557 |
| 2013 | 520 | 526 | — | #514 |
| 2012 | 550 | 550 | — | #487 |
| 2011 | 562 | 562 | — | #475 |
| 2010 | 591 | 591 | — | #455 |
| 2009 | 633 | 633 | — | #443 |
| 2008 | 674 | 674 | — | #430 |
| 2007 | 741 | 741 | — | #398 |
| 2006 | 780 | 780 | — | #383 |
| 2005 | 903 | 903 | #18,420 | #336 |
| 2004 | 1,065 | 1,065 | #18,051 | #301 |
| 2003 | 795 | 795 | — | #352 |
| 2002 | 745 | 745 | — | #358 |
| 2001 | 747 | 747 | — | #355 |
| 2000 | 739 | 739 | — | #358 |
| 1999 | 885 | 885 | — | #319 |
| 1998 | 1,007 | 1,007 | — | #287 |
| 1997 | 718 | — | — | #353 |
| 1996 | 599 | — | — | #394 |
| 1995 | 487 | — | — | #464 |
| 1994 | 492 | — | — | #451 |
| 1993 | 458 | — | — | #459 |
| 1992 | 443 | — | — | #478 |
| 1991 | 418 | — | — | #483 |
| 1990 | 439 | — | — | #474 |
| 1989 | 355 | — | #13,853 | #513 |
| 1988 | 289 | — | — | #542 |
| 1987 | 216 | — | — | #621 |
| 1986 | 201 | — | — | #633 |
| 1985 | 185 | — | — | #645 |
| 1984 | 169 | — | — | #668 |
| 1983 | 149 | — | — | #702 |
| 1982 | 136 | — | — | #757 |
| 1981 | 133 | — | — | #758 |
| 1980 | 127 | — | — | #777 |
| 1979 | 132 | — | — | #757 |
| 1978 | 108 | — | — | #823 |
| 1977 | 56 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1976 | 28 | — | — | #1,813 |
| 1975 | 41 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1974 | 35 | — | — | #1,490 |
| 1973 | 31 | — | — | #1,575 |
| 1972 | 30 | — | — | #1,594 |
| 1971 | 23 | — | — | #1,897 |
| 1970 | 18 | — | — | #2,190 |
| 1969 | 32 | — | — | #1,429 |
| 1968 | 20 | — | — | #1,816 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | — | #2,223 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | — | #2,740 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | — | #2,576 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | — | #3,912 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,250 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,941 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #4,346 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | — | #4,068 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | — | #3,411 |