# Nikolaos (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nikolaos/  
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 | “i conquer”, “people” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Nikos |
| US babies named this | 2,072 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,072 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 276, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νικάω (nikáō, “I conquer”) + λαός (laós, “people”). Doublet 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 2,577 |
| 2012 | 34 | 3,283 |
| 2013 | 47 | 2,588 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2,289 |
| 2015 | 42 | 2,846 |
| 2016 | 48 | 2,609 |
| 2017 | 40 | 2,988 |
| 2018 | 38 | 3,089 |
| 2019 | 46 | 2,754 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2,647 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,426 |
| 2022 | 48 | 2,745 |
| 2023 | 50 | 2,646 |
| 2024 | 47 | 2,783 |
| 2025 | 51 | 2,591 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Nikolaos

- Nikolaos Georgantas, athletics competitor (1878–1958)
- Nikolaos van Dam, Dutch diplomat
- Saint Nicholas, 4th-century Christian bishop and saint
- Nicolaus of Damascus, 1st-century BC historian and philosopher
- Nicholas Mesarites, Byzantine churchman and writer
- Nicholas Kallikles, Byzantine physician and poet

## 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.