boys:
2.6k births since 1955
#2475 (46th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1955
#5254 (32nd percentile)
The name Nikolaus is the #5,254 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,601 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 32.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,475 (46.0% percentile) for all time with 2,601 births since 1955.
Nikolaus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (first recorded for boys in 1955). Birth data for Nikolaus is available in 58 out of the 69 years between 1955 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, Nikolaus reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #683) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 48 births per million (ranked 12.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Nikolaus ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 17.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nikolaus".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Nikolaus", 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 7 different pronunciations for the name Nikolaus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.1% confident that Nikolaus is pronounced as NIH-kuh-lows, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NIH-kuh-LOWS, at 17.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like N IH1 K AH0 L AW0 S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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