Nikolas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nikolas: Recorded since 1983, it reached #177 in 2019, and it stood at #412 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
91times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#177highest recorded position
17groupings 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	#654
1997	#1257
1998	#958
1999	#973
2000	#881
2001	#751
2002	#993
2003	#976
2004	#1410
2005	#954
2006	#1084
2007	#987
2008	#668
2009	#596
2010	#736
2011	#647
2012	#719
2013	#676
2014	#574
2015	#523
2016	#597
2017	#591
2018	#520
2019	#463
2020	#436
2021	#439
2022	#465
2023	#530
2024	#678

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 40 of the 43 years from 1983 to 2025.

In 2025: #412 among boys in Norway, #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1983–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #633 among boys in Norway in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1983–2025
Highest recorded position: #177 among boys in Norway, in 2019 (recorded 1983–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #412 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Nikolas appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 40 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 601 births with the name.

Nikolas across 3 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.

Nikolas'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	#633 (1983)	#177 (2019)	#412 (2025)	40 of 43	601 (1983–2025)	31 (2019)
England and Wales · Boys	#654 (1996)	#436 (2020)	#678 (2024)	29 of 29	1,328 (1996–2024)	95 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#448 (2005)	#326 (2011)	#577 (2025)	20 of 21	136 (2005–2025)	13 (2011)

Nikolas 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 Nikolas in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	25	4 of 10	6
1990s	118	10 of 10	12
2000s	162	10 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	217	10 of 10	22
2020s	79	6 of 10	13

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Nikolas 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 5 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #177 in Norway in 2019.

Nikolas'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	#678	54	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#530	73	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#465	86	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#439	95	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#436	92	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#463	87	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#520	75	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#591	63	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#597	60	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#523	74	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#574	62	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#676	49	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#647	51	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#736	41	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#596	54	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#668	45	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#954	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#958	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#654	24	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#412	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#431	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#314	12	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#239	17	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#212	21	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#246	16	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#177	31	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#357	10	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#269	18	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#223	24	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#222	24	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#220	24	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#241	21	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#293	15	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#224	23	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#197	27	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#240	22	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#283	16	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#229	22	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#216	24	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#232	20	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#307	12	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#300	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#281	14	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#287	14	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#521	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#258	17	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#244	21	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#346	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#331	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#383	10	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#455	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#476	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#327	14	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#402	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#438	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#550	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#405	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#633	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#633	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
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 5 registrars between 1983 and 2025, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #177, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 95 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 41 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.

Nikolai · #41, 64y
Nikolaos · #727, 27y
Nikolay · #294, 51y
Nikole · #444, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Olivier · #191, 37y
Yousef · #193, 43y
Aya · #154, 35y
Idris · #153, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Byron · #175, 32y
Ria · #179, 33y
Barra · #170, 32y
Iqra · #184, 36y

Nikolas was ranked #177 in Norway · Boys in 2019. 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.

Nikolas 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 Nikolas without appearing here.

Nikolas moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1410 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #954 and #1851.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #881 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #751 and #1595.
Graham Compare
In 2005 they stood at #954 and #954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1084 and #1892.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1410 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #954 and #1617.

Moved ahead of Nikolas

Carter Compare
In 1996 they stood at #654 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1257 and #476.
Finley Compare
In 1996 they stood at #654 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1257 and #484.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #976 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1410 and #731.
Teddy Compare
In 1996 they stood at #654 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1257 and #578.

Moved the opposite way to Nikolas

Kim Compare
Between 1983 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Nikolas went from #633 to #314 while Kim went from #21 to #370.
Richard Compare
Between 1983 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Nikolas went from #633 to #314 while Richard went from #100 to #481.
Svein Compare
Between 1983 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Nikolas went from #633 to #314 while Svein went from #77 to #267.
Trond Compare
Between 1983 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Nikolas went from #633 to #314 while Trond went from #31 to #446.

Moved the same way as Nikolas

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikolas went from #1257 to #678 and Cooper from #2022 to #139.
Gary Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nikolas went from #448 to #655 and Gary from #152 to #785.
Kenneth Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nikolas went from #448 to #655 and Kenneth from #191 to #785.

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 5 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #177 in Norway in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nikolas

Nikolas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nikolas across 3 official records

Nikolas by decade in Norway · Boys

Nikolas appears in

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Nikolas across 3 official records

Nikolas by decade in Norway · Boys

Nikolas appears in

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