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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 1,385 babies (rank #52 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

13,429
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
1,385
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
19961,385#52
19971,274#56
19981,090#62
1999997#61
2000839#64
2001686#82
2002627#87
2003607#91
2004561#101
2005535#106
2006541#107
2007486#116
2008476#118
2009454#130
2010448#135
2011398#148
2012397#149
2013417#142
2014413#139
2015410#140
2016388#152