Nicholas

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek ฮฮนฮบฯŒฮปฮฑฮฟฯ‚, Nikolaos. It originally derived from a combination of two Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'.

From Wikipedia

Nicholas first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1995 with 2,537 babies (rank #4 that year). In 2024 it was given to 227 boys (rank #141). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nicholas

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nicholas yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

42,573
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
2,537
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19911,902#20
19922,070#18
19932,131#16
19942,072#10
19952,537#4
19962,478#5
19972,496#3
19982,415#3
19992,451#3
20002,095#6
20012,000#6
20021,787#7
20031,642#10
20041,470#11
20051,359#15
20061,266#21
20071,202#22
20081,043#29
2009919#36
2010804#37
2011722#43
2012739#44
2013630#53
2014612#56
2015529#68
2016516#66
2017452#76
2018410#83
2019383#90
2020353#93
2021342#101
2022245#137
2023258#123
2024227#141