Niklas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Niklas: Recorded every year since 1969, it reached #86 in 1998, and it stood at #215 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#86highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Niklas's record

Ranked every year since 1969, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
1999	#1850
2000	#1889
2001	#3134
2002	#1799
2003	#2857
2004	#2070
2005	#2754
2006	#1401
2007	#3095
2008	#2775
2009	#2837
2010	#2941
2011	#2892
2013	#3822
2014	#2964
2015	#3373
2016	#4810
2018	#4749
2024	#4270

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 every year from 1969 to 2025.

In 2024: #220 among boys in Norway, #4270 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #578 among boys in Norway in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1969–2025
Highest recorded position: #86 among boys in Norway, in 1998 (recorded 1969–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #215 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Niklas appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 2,381 births with the name.

Niklas 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.

Niklas'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	#578 (1969)	#86 (1998)	#215 (2025)	57 of 57	2,381 (1969–2025)	90 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1401 (2006)	#4270 (2024)	21 of 28	112 (1997–2024)	14 (2006)

Niklas 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 Niklas in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	74	10 of 10	7
1980s	193	10 of 10	19
1990s	624	10 of 10	62
2000sbusiest	748	10 of 10	75
2010s	602	10 of 10	60
2020s	136	6 of 10	23

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 75 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Niklas 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 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #86 in Norway in 1998.

Niklas'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#215	20	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#220	21	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#201	25	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#182	27	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#185	25	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#221	18	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#157	37	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#137	45	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#128	53	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#118	62	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#110	64	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#141	48	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#115	62	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#124	61	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#102	83	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#95	87	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#106	81	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#98	89	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#110	73	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#116	67	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#90	90	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#107	72	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#99	78	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#108	67	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#123	55	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#101	76	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#112	62	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#86	84	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#106	68	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#99	76	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#119	60	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#173	37	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#128	54	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#118	58	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#118	63	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#121	62	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#173	39	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#193	32	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#258	20	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#203	33	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#275	19	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#290	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#509	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#541	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#384	11	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#474	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#438	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#492	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#425	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#341	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#577	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#627	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#515	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#425	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#452	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#584	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#578	4	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #86, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 90 births, registered in Norway in 2005.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, 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.

Nikki · #88, 34y
Nikkita · #339, 21y
Niklaus · #1860, 11y
Niko · #96, 29y

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.

Tadgh · #90, 55y
Bartholomew · #81, 59y
Cyril · #91, 56y
Dolores · #80, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Micheal · #86, 58y
Anastasia · #87, 62y
Antoinette · #87, 56y
Chris · #87, 59y

Niklas was ranked #86 in Norway · Boys in 1998. 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.

Niklas 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 Niklas without appearing here.

Niklas moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #4632.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2892 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #4632.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Maddison Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1889 and #3036.

Moved ahead of Niklas

Matheo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3079.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #1398.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1889 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1401 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #2023.

Moved the opposite way to Niklas

Anders Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Niklas went from #578 to #215 while Anders went from #42 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Niklas went from #578 to #215 while Arild went from #36 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Niklas went from #578 to #215 while Arne went from #30 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Niklas went from #578 to #215 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Niklas

Adrian Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Niklas went from #578 to #215 and Adrian from #438 to #70.
Aksel Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Niklas went from #578 to #215 and Aksel from #340 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Niklas went from #578 to #215 and Alfred from #399 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Niklas went from #578 to #215 and Arthur from #281 to #83.

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 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #86 in Norway in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Niklas

Niklas at a glance

What stands out in Niklas's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Niklas across 2 official records

Niklas by decade in Norway · Boys

Niklas appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Niklas and the names beside it

Niklas moved ahead of

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Niklas at a glance

What stands out in Niklas's record

Niklas across 2 official records

Niklas by decade in Norway · Boys

Niklas appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Niklas

Niklas and the names beside it

Niklas moved ahead of

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