Nikolaos

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Nikolaos is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός laos 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English form is Nicholas.

From Wikipedia

Nikolaos first appears in the data in 1962 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 57 babies (rank #2,312 that year). In 2024 it was given to 47 boys (rank #2,772). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Nikolaos

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

2,020
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
57
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19627#3,536
19656#3,813
19679#2,918
196812#2,541
196914#2,383
197016#2,377
197117#2,346
197219#2,133
197321#2,016
197434#1,511
197531#1,651
197636#1,529
197736#1,566
197837#1,560
197948#1,348
198027#2,037
198131#1,849
198226#2,098
198336#1,646
198424#2,217
198537#1,690
198635#1,781
198724#2,376
198818#3,042
198935#2,055
199023#2,843
199130#2,382
199225#2,797
199322#3,117
199420#3,425
199535#2,285
199639#2,171
199729#2,731
199833#2,586
199928#2,999
200031#2,903
200136#2,668
200227#3,316
200339#2,607
200449#2,333
200544#2,552
200632#3,359
200752#2,467
200849#2,570
200945#2,737
201047#2,619
201148#2,576
201234#3,283
201347#2,588
201457#2,312
201542#2,844
201648#2,609
201740#2,987
201838#3,088
201946#2,753
202048#2,647
202156#2,425
202248#2,743
202350#2,640
202447#2,772