boys:
1.1k births since 1971
#3462 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1971
#6598 (15th percentile)
The name Nicolaus is the #6,598 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,141 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 14.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,462 (24.5% percentile) for all time with 1,141 births since 1971.
Nicolaus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for boys in 1971). Birth data for Nicolaus is available in 49 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Nicolaus reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #753) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 23 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Despite a low point around 2003, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Nicolaus ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 21.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nicolaus".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Nicolaus", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 69 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Nicholas" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Nicholas..
Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Nicolaus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.4% confident that Nicolaus is pronounced as NIH-kuh-lows, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NIH-kuh-lowz, at 16.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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