Niklaus

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Meaning

Niklaus is a masculine given name and surname. Niklaus comes from the Greek word nikolaos, meaning victory of the people. It’s a variant of the likewise Greek-origin given name Nicholas.

From Wikipedia

Niklaus first appears in the data in 1979 and has been recorded in 43 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2021 with 282 babies (rank #842 that year). In 2024 it was given to 162 boys (rank #1,232). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Niklaus

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

2,299
Total babies (all years)
43
Years in the data
282
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19798#4,716
19808#4,819
19835#6,991
19845#7,018
19856#6,290
19866#6,491
19877#5,912
19888#5,575
19898#6,054
19907#6,947
19919#5,807
199210#5,536
199312#4,916
19949#6,205
199512#5,030
19968#6,939
199713#4,873
199818#3,963
199917#4,284
200013#5,497
20019#7,342
200212#5,969
200311#6,590
200413#6,045
20057#9,845
200616#5,463
200710#8,004
20085#14,021
20096#12,045
20107#10,436
201214#6,215
201337#3,038
201463#2,171
2015102#1,585
2016118#1,462
2017156#1,194
2018183#1,083
2019221#973
2020255#889
2021282#842
2022236#961
2023185#1,138
2024162#1,232