Nicholas
Nicholas stands at #112 nationally in 2025, cooling off gently. First recorded 1880, best year 1995, 926,047 bearers across the whole run.
What Nicholas carries
Nicholas · Greek
“victory of the people”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Nicholas’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Nicholas, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Nicholas since 1880
Nicholas peaked in 1995 at #7; #112 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Nicholas is most common
Among the states, Nicholas takes its largest share in Rhode Island, 0.51% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with New Jersey and Delaware next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Nicholas
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Nicolas
#177 in 2025 · Greek
Andrew
#73 in 2025 · Greek
Katherine
#186 in 2025 · Greek
Angel
#67 in 2025 · Greek
Andres
#200 in 2025 · Greek
Andrea
#235 in 2025 · Greek
Alexander
#30 in 2025 · Greek
Chloe
#23 in 2025 · Greek
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About Nicholas
Where does Nicholas rank right now?
Nicholas stands at #112 nationally in 2025, cooling off gently. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Nicholas?
The gloss on record reads “victory of the people”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Nicholas?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Nicolas sits closest, with Andrew and Katherine just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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