# Nickolas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nickolas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 39,403 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 39,356 / 47 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 207, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare spelling variant of Nicholas.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7 | 8,771 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,588 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,686 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,236 |
| 1987 | 5 | 12,638 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,324 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,872 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,048 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 463 | 550 |
| 2012 | 457 | 566 |
| 2013 | 380 | 645 |
| 2014 | 335 | 722 |
| 2015 | 339 | 728 |
| 2016 | 301 | 789 |
| 2017 | 223 | 939 |
| 2018 | 265 | 841 |
| 2019 | 208 | 1,007 |
| 2020 | 195 | 1,043 |
| 2021 | 168 | 1,178 |
| 2022 | 133 | 1,402 |
| 2023 | 130 | 1,414 |
| 2024 | 114 | 1,545 |
| 2025 | 118 | 1,498 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |

## People named Nickolas

- Nickolas Zukowsky, Canadian cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.