Nicolas
Nicolas stands at #177 nationally in 2025, neither climbing nor fading. On the books since 1882, peaking in 2003: 101,585 American children so far.
What Nicolas carries
Nicolas · Greek
“victory of the people”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Nicolas’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Nicolas, 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.
Nicolas since 1882
Nicolas peaked in 2003 at #134; #177 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Nicolas is most common
Nicolas is most common in District of Columbia: 0.24% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. California (0.23%) and New Jersey (0.23%) follow.
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 Nicolas
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Nicholas
#112 in 2025 · Greek
Katherine
#186 in 2025 · Greek
Anastasia
#163 in 2025 · Greek
Sebastian
#16 in 2025 · Greek
Andres
#200 in 2025 · Greek
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Angel
#67 in 2025 · Greek
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About Nicolas
How common is Nicolas today?
Nicolas stands at #177 nationally in 2025, neither climbing nor fading. The full curve since 1882 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Nicolas?
The gloss on record reads “victory of the people”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Nicolas?
Nicholas, Katherine and Anastasia sit nearest to Nicolas on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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