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Nicolaas

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1960high 1996
#10695 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare6 boys in 2025

Nicolaas entered the US charts in 1960, peaked at #3202 in 1996, ranks #10695 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Nicolaas?

Nicolaas first appears in US birth records in 1960 — 65 years ago. The typical Nicolaas alive today was born around 1996, making them about 29 years old. About 400 people named Nicolaas are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Nicolaas most popular?

Nicolaas peaked in 1996, reaching #3202 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 7,493 places below that high. See the whole 1996 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1960–20252211022619602025

US babies named Nicolaas per year from 1960 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#32021960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1960
Most boys named
199622 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#3202reached in 1996
Change vs 2017
−14.3%6 in 2025, from 7
Nicolaas sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1996, with 22 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Nicolaass among us

400

people named Nicolaas are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Nicolaas

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Nicolaas

#10695
Nicolaas on the 2025 chart
#145
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Nicolaas went to 6 boys in 2025, but Nicolas, Nikolas and Nickolas are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 2,558, which makes it the 145th most-given boys’ name of the year — 10,550 places above the chart.

and 1 rarer spelling.

About 1 boy in 668 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 284,679 for Nicolaas itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Ashon test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Nicolaas's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ashon climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ashon's path sketches the road Nicolaas is walking now.

40%chance Nicolaas will feel dated by 2040
Nicolaas, aligned on its peakAshon· peak 1977not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+50 yrsAshon · #8865Nicolaas today
Nicolaas today is about where Ashon stood in 2006 — 29 years past a #3203-sized peak. By 2021, Ashon had settled around #8865.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Nicolaas sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Nicolaas beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Nicolaas in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Nicolaasthis name6#10695Dudley6#10695Dell6#10695Buford6#10695Toney6#10695

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Nicolaass are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Nicolaas are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Nicolaas?
Nicolaas is one of 4 recorded spellings. Nicolas is the more common one — 2,053 births in 2025 against 6 for Nicolaas.
How popular is the name Nicolaas in 2025?
Nicolaas ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Nicolaas?
About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Nicolaas — 6 in all.
Will my child share the name Nicolaas with classmates?
Nicolaas will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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