Nikolaus
Rank in 2025
#4249
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
24
boys 24
Peak year
1994
98 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
2,656
since 1955
Born a Nikolaus? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Nikolaus was most popular in 1994, when 98 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.05 per 1,000). In 2025, 24 babies were named Nikolaus, ranking #4249 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 24 | 4249 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 31 | 3605 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 15 | 5927 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 24 | 4303 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 33 | 3427 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 21 | 4540 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 33 | 3426 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 19 | 4918 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 27 | 3889 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 23 | 4327 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 22 | 4407 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 47 | 2582 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 25 | 3964 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 29 | 3625 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 28 | 3695 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 44 | 2730 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 43 | 2800 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 48 | 2583 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 35 | 3188 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 40 | 2832 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 52 | 2265 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 63 | 1934 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 64 | 1845 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 54 | 2019 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 68 | 1699 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 72 | 1629 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 75 | 1503 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 86 | 1359 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 78 | 1402 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 80 | 1347 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 87 | 1244 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 98 | 1146 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 66 | 1431 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 96 | 1119 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 89 | 1170 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 75 | 1278 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 71 | 1294 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 73 | 1178 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 67 | 1175 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 63 | 1199 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 50 | 1371 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 51 | 1294 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 56 | 1222 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 52 | 1293 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 64 | 1143 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 70 | 1079 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 67 | 1089 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 47 | 1326 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 17 | 2556 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 12 | 3095 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 10 | 3428 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 13 | 2799 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 6 | 4505 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 9 | 3344 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 8 | 3658 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 9 | 3282 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 7 | 3595 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 7 | 3249 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 5 | 3886 |
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