Nickolas

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nickolas: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nickolas: Recorded since 1996, it reached #623 in 2011, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#623highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1578
1998	#1642
1999	#2943
2000	#1703
2001	#1746
2003	#2189
2004	#3651
2005	#2174
2006	#2870
2007	#2435
2008	#2276
2009	#2318
2010	#1911
2011	#2892
2012	#3416
2013	#2403
2014	#2079
2015	#2319
2016	#2335
2017	#2172
2018	#1786
2019	#2266
2020	#2404
2021	#3017
2022	#3048
2023	#4107
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2011: #623 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2892 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nickolas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nickolas in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	58	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	90	10 of 10	9
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nickolas appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #623 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Nickolas's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #623, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nick · #313, 30y
Nicklas · #136, 40y
Nicky · #269, 29y
Niclas · #217, 46y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Millie-Rose · #624, 24y
Ridwan · #622, 29y
Santino · #622, 29y
Emmi · #621, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Theadora · #623, 29y
Millie-Rose · #624, 24y
Ridwan · #622, 29y
Santino · #622, 29y

Nickolas was ranked #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nickolas and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nickolas without appearing here.

Nickolas moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #3822.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2435 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #3687.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Nickolas

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Mathias Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1160.
Hunter Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1878.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2404 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #2125.

Moved the opposite way to Nickolas

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nickolas went from #1168 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nickolas went from #1168 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nickolas went from #1168 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nickolas went from #1168 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Nickolas

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nickolas went from #1168 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nickolas went from #1168 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nickolas went from #1168 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nickolas went from #1168 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #623 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Nickolas at a glance

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Nickolas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Nickolas at a glance

Nickolas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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