How popular is “Nicholas” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nicholas” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nicholas” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nicholas” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nicholas” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nicholas” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nicholas” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nicholas” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	73	0.000362312		73	-100%
1881	56	0.000290625		56	-100%
1882	66	0.000297924		66	-100%
1883	71	0.00032727		71	-100%
1884	69	0.000283413		69	-100%
1885	66	0.000274025		66	-100%
1886	85	0.000332921		85	-100%
1887	79	0.000319331		79	-100%
1888	97	0.000323901		97	-100%
1889	68	0.000235338		68	-100%
1890	78	0.000258791		78	-100%
1891	78	0.000272087		78	-100%
1892	95	0.000284113		95	-100%
1893	89	0.000273658		89	-100%
1894	77	0.000227347		77	-100%
1895	84	0.000239303		84	-100%
1896	106	0.000296517		106	-100%
1897	87	0.000250752		87	-100%
1898	94	0.000246425		94	-100%
1899	69	0.000203399		69	-100%
1900	95	0.00021099		95	-100%
1901	88	0.000254474		88	-100%
1902	112	0.000289605		112	-100%
1903	90	0.000236097		90	-100%
1904	102	0.000252798		102	-100%
1905	112	0.0002642		112	-100%
1906	144	0.000336094		144	-100%
1907	161	0.000345946		161	-100%
1908	226	0.0004625		226	-100%
1909	204	0.000399042		204	-100%
1910	235	0.000397826		235	-100%
1911	308	0.000478055		308	-100%
1912	676	0.000684168		676	-100%
1913	796	0.00070002		796	-100%
1914	1151	0.000812656		1151	-100%
1915	1427	0.000778749		1427	-100%
1916	1426	0.000737173	7	1419	-99%
1917	1418	0.000706615	6	1412	-99%
1918	1488	0.000685363		1488	-100%
1919	1328	0.000629311	7	1321	-99%
1920	1360	0.000601067	6	1354	-99%
1921	1559	0.000667808	6	1553	-99%
1922	1421	0.000620753	7	1414	-99%
1923	1473	0.000639745	5	1468	-99%
1924	1501	0.000630246	13	1488	-98%
1925	1339	0.000573865	7	1332	-99%
1926	1335	0.00058147	16	1319	-98%
1927	1284	0.000553601	12	1272	-98%
1928	1223	0.000540926	7	1216	-99%
1929	1205	0.000549686	13	1192	-98%
1930	1145	0.000515003	14	1131	-98%
1931	1111	0.000527944	8	1103	-99%
1932	931	0.000440962	6	925	-99%
1933	895	0.000447624	7	888	-98%
1934	873	0.000420355		873	-100%
1935	911	0.000435906		911	-100%
1936	929	0.000447155		929	-100%
1937	935	0.000438829		935	-100%
1938	994	0.000449251	5	989	-99%
1939	1032	0.000468358		1032	-100%
1940	1102	0.000478572		1102	-100%
1941	1218	0.000499913	6	1212	-99%
1942	1500	0.000549085		1500	-100%
1943	1440	0.000510175	6	1434	-99%
1944	1362	0.000506305		1362	-100%
1945	1362	0.000513398	6	1356	-99%
1946	1675	0.000524206		1675	-100%
1947	1935	0.000537154		1935	-100%
1948	1934	0.000560171	5	1929	-99%
1949	2003	0.000574786	5	1998	-100%
1950	2176	0.000621118		2176	-100%
1951	2388	0.000648254		2388	-100%
1952	2343	0.000616903		2343	-100%
1953	2364	0.000613445	5	2359	-100%
1954	2379	0.000597632	11	2368	-99%
1955	2194	0.00054644	8	2186	-99%
1956	2218	0.000537953	6	2212	-99%
1957	2204	0.000524494	7	2197	-99%
1958	2198	0.000531701	9	2189	-99%
1959	2202	0.000529583	6	2196	-99%
1960	2299	0.000553467		2299	-100%
1961	2084	0.000503102	8	2076	-99%
1962	2145	0.00053155		2145	-100%
1963	2140	0.00054065	10	2130	-99%
1964	2070	0.000532462		2070	-100%
1965	2075	0.000572343	7	2068	-99%
1966	2146	0.000617438	7	2139	-99%
1967	2300	0.000677487	12	2288	-99%
1968	2567	0.000759824	16	2551	-99%
1969	2585	0.000743816	8	2577	-99%
1970	2709	0.000751141	7	2702	-99%
1971	2631	0.000766529	22	2609	-98%
1972	2860	0.00090996	16	2844	-99%
1973	3170	0.001050752	16	3154	-99%
1974	3239	0.001065461	21	3218	-99%
1975	3342	0.001106845	24	3318	-99%
1976	3485	0.001148535	20	3465	-99%
1977	6107	0.00192256	34	6073	-99%
1978	16451	0.005183262	108	16343	-99%
1979	21483	0.006457169	140	21343	-99%
1980	21164	0.006144277	139	21025	-99%
1981	19901	0.005752773	124	19777	-99%
1982	19778	0.005638031	136	19642	-99%
1983	20029	0.005783148	135	19894	-99%
1984	21164	0.006066347	146	21018	-99%
1985	22546	0.006316981	162	22384	-99%
1986	22935	0.006447708	135	22800	-99%
1987	23409	0.006492375	160	23249	-99%
1988	25435	0.006883546	135	25300	-99%
1989	28353	0.007375053	122	28231	-99%
1990	27983	0.007079863	69	27914	-100%
1991	27438	0.007043937	81	27357	-99%
1992	27841	0.007247858	80	27761	-99%
1993	28206	0.007481144	91	28115	-99%
1994	27833	0.007486713	66	27767	-100%
1995	29217	0.007978089	56	29161	-100%
1996	27774	0.007615167	52	27722	-100%
1997	27308	0.007531685	51	27257	-100%
1998	26671	0.007251087	38	26633	-100%
1999	25678	0.006951523	39	25639	-100%
2000	24693	0.006532705	39	24654	-100%
2001	22883	0.006112908	35	22848	-100%
2002	21429	0.005732298	39	21390	-100%
2003	19740	0.005191569	44	19696	-100%
2004	18591	0.004865578	72	18519	-99%
2005	17100	0.004447513	24	17076	-100%
2006	15690	0.003965938	16	15674	-100%
2007	14376	0.003596083	14	14362	-100%
2008	12551	0.003193098	21	12530	-100%
2009	10873	0.002846205	18	10855	-100%
2010	9663	0.002614633	11	9652	-100%
2011	8616	0.002355519	15	8601	-100%
2012	7749	0.002118737	8	7741	-100%
2013	7160	0.001963975	13	7147	-100%
2014	6791	0.001832248	12	6779	-100%
2015	6266	0.001693096	7	6259	-100%
2016	5769	0.001572493	6	5763	-100%
2017	5373	0.001502435	6	5367	-100%
2018	4843	0.001377458		4843	-100%
2019	4648	0.001339121	8	4640	-100%
2020	4065	0.001216856		4065	-100%
2021	3862	0.001139923		3862	-100%
2022	3645	0.001077403	6	3639	-100%
2023	3257	0.000983633		3257	-100%
2024	3025	0.000908818		3025	-100%

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