Nicholas

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #112in 2025
  • 1 in 548boys in 2025
  • −44%last ten years
  • 2.6×in New Jersey

Most popular in 1995.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07,65915,31818801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Nicholas, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880661
1881556
1882581
1883679
1884603
1885612
1886767
1887779
1888803
1889615
1890703
1891771
1892778
1893792
1894665
1895716
1896887
1897772
1898766
1899650
1900631
1901827
1902913
1903755
1904796
1905847
19061,081
19071,097
19081,464
19091,244
19101,210
19111,363
19121,572
19131,553
19141,758
19151,682
19161,594
19171,526
19181,468
19191,348
19201,272
19211,410
19221,299
19231,339
19241,314
19251,194
19261,188
19271,129
19281,098
19291,108
19301,031
19311,061
1932886
1933896
1934845
1935875
1936896
1937877
1938892
1939932
1940951
1941987
19421,086
19431,005
1944999
19451,008
19461,031
19471,058
19481,099
19491,126
19501,215
19511,268
19521,205
19531,196
19541,161
19551,061
19561,046
19571,018
19581,031
19591,029
19601,078
1961978
19621,036
19631,049
19641,038
19651,112
19661,199
19671,312
19681,466
19691,441
19701,455
19711,475
19721,753
19732,023
19742,047
19752,126
19762,209
19773,695
19789,953
197912,398
198011,782
198111,040
198210,826
198311,096
198411,645
198512,111
198612,381
198712,452
198813,218
198914,108
199013,589
199113,541
199213,899
199314,334
199414,373
199515,318
199614,635
199714,459
199813,933
199913,353
200012,552
200111,760
200211,017
20039,971
20049,330
20058,550
20067,627
20076,920
20086,143
20095,473
20105,031
20114,529
20124,081
20133,778
20143,529
20153,268
20163,038
20172,902
20182,669
20192,587
20202,355
20212,210
20222,086
20231,906
20241,763
20251,824

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 2.6×
  2. Rhode Island 2.4×
  3. Delaware 2.3×
  4. Connecticut 2.3×
  5. New York 2.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
3,115
Rank in 2025
#112
How rare
1 in 548 boys
Since 1880
926,047

Most popular in 1995, at 15,318 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 44% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey2.6×573
Rhode Island2.4×41
Delaware2.3×37
Connecticut2.3×165
New York2.2×1,016

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.