Nikolaos

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nikolaos: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #727, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
4groupings 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	#1591
1997	#1454
1998	#1821
2000	#2142
2001	#3134
2003	#2189
2004	#2578
2005	#2174
2006	#2087
2007	#2023
2008	#3158
2009	#2318
2010	#1911
2011	#2613
2012	#3416
2013	#1920
2014	#1486
2015	#1902
2016	#2175
2017	#2324
2018	#1382
2019	#1745
2020	#2076
2021	#1516
2022	#1224
2023	#2007
2024	#1859

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #1859 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 #1591 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 #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nikolaos 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 Nikolaos in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	3 of 10	7
2000s	56	9 of 10	6
2010s	112	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Nikolaos 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: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Nikolaos'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	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	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

Nikola · #139, 52y
Nikolai · #41, 64y
Nikolas · #177, 40y
Nikolay · #294, 51y

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.

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Bleu · #727, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Ayoub · #727, 29y

Nikolaos was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Nikolaos 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 Nikolaos without appearing here.

Nikolaos moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #4685.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #3822.

Moved ahead of Nikolaos

Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1821 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1467.
Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1486 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #996.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1454 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1821 and #1110.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #1201.

Moved the same way as Nikolaos

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikolaos went from #3134 to #1859 and Harper from #2587 to #1402.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikolaos went from #1591 to #2318 and Ashleigh from #402 to #3227.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nikolaos

Nikolaos at a glance

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Nikolaos by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Nikolaos at a glance

Nikolaos by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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