Niclas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Niclas: Recorded since 1973, it reached #217 in 1991, and it stood at #487 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#217highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2002

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2002	#3225

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 Norway in 46 of the 50 years from 1973 to 2022.

In 2002: #314 among boys in Norway, #3225 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #555 among boys in Norway in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2022
Highest recorded position: #217 among boys in Norway, in 1991 (recorded 1973–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #487 among boys in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Boys

Niclas appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 468 births with the name.

Niclas across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Niclas's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#555 (1973)	#217 (1991)	#487 (2022)	46 of 50	468 (1973–2022)	29 (1991)
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#2943 (1999)	#3225 (2002)	2 of 4	6 (1999–2002)	3 (1999)

Niclas by decade in Norway · 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 Niclas in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	31	6 of 10	5
1980s	89	10 of 10	9
1990sbusiest	134	10 of 10	13
2000s	133	10 of 10	13
2010s	73	8 of 10	9
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Niclas 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 1973 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #217 in Norway in 1991.

Niclas'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
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#487	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#484	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#481	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#393	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#367	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#287	16	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#294	16	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#311	14	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#316	13	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#297	14	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#349	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#297	13	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#247	18	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#314	11	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#286	14	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#369	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#320	12	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#409	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#442	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#422	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#290	15	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#431	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#326	13	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#326	14	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#217	29	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#258	20	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#256	21	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#403	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#505	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#358	13	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#512	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#557	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#422	10	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#540	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#652	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#646	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#632	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#578	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#555	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#500	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#555	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

Where Niclas is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Niclas, between 1973 and 2022, in 46 of those 50 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1973–2022	46	#217 in 1991
England and Wales	1999–2002	2	#2943 in 1999

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1973 and 2022, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #217, first reached in 1991.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Norway in 1991.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 26 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.

Nickolas · #623, 28y
Nicky · #269, 30y
Nico · #66, 30y
Nicol · #341, 27y

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.

Ethel · #217, 46y
Freda · #218, 51y
Evin · #215, 49y
Olan · #222, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Abdallah · #218, 39y
Evin · #215, 49y
Ivo · #215, 46y
Cailin · #213, 30y

Niclas was ranked #217 in Norway · Boys in 1991. 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.

Sven#213
Hassan#214
Mustafa#215
Nicklas#216
Oskar#218
Trym#219
Viktor#220
Alf#221

Niclas 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Niclas without appearing here.

Niclas moved ahead of

Justin
In 1985 they stood at #512 and #441 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #358 and #625.
Ronald
In 1985 they stood at #512 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #358 and #593.
Raymond
In 2000 they stood at #369 and #336 in Norway · Boys; by 2001 that had become #286 and #519.
Stephen
In 1994 they stood at #431 and #339 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #290 and #511.

Moved ahead of Niclas

Theodor
In 1993 they stood at #326 and #350 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #431 and #229.
Ryan
In 2014 they stood at #393 and #507 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #414 and #249.
Colin
In 2010 they stood at #287 and #313 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #394 and #240.
Oliver
In 1991 they stood at #217 and #246 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #326 and #200.

Moved the opposite way to Niclas

Frode
Between 1973 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Niclas went from #555 to #311 while Frode went from #8 to #551.
Raymond
Between 1973 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Niclas went from #555 to #311 while Raymond went from #80 to #487.
Birk
Between 1990 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Niclas went from #258 to #487 while Birk went from #562 to #36.
Charlie
Between 1990 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Niclas went from #258 to #487 while Charlie went from #609 to #244.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1973 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #217 in Norway in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Niclas

Niclas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Niclas across 2 official records

Niclas by decade in Norway · Boys

Niclas appears in

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Niclas at a glance

Niclas across 2 official records

Niclas by decade in Norway · Boys

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