# Nicodemus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nicodemus/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “victory”, “people” |
| Pronunciation | /nɪkəˈdiːməs/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,120 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,120 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

## What it means

Nicodemus is grouped under victory.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,863 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,094 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,385 |
| 2014 | 37 | 3,072 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3,658 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,063 |
| 2017 | 36 | 3,234 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,497 |
| 2019 | 32 | 3,543 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3,012 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,106 |
| 2022 | 48 | 2,744 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,269 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,371 |
| 2025 | 45 | 2,826 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Никодим
- Finnish: Teemu
- Polish: Nikodem
- Russian: Никоди́м
- Spanish: Nicodemo

## People named Nicodemus

- Nick Stewart, American actor (1910–2000)

## 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.