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How popular is “Nicolas” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nicolas” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nicolas” 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 “Nicolas” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nicolas” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nicolas” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 -100%
1913 32 0.000028142 32 -100%
1914 43 0.00003036 43 -100%
1915 57 0.000031106 57 -100%
1916 27 0.000013958 27 -100%
1917 64 0.000031892 64 -100%
1918 45 0.000020727 45 -100%
1919 54 0.000025589 54 -100%
1920 70 0.000030937 70 -100%
1921 74 0.000031698 74 -100%
1922 74 0.000032326 74 -100%
1923 69 0.000029968 69 -100%
1924 96 0.000040309 96 -100%
1925 83 0.000035572 83 -100%
1926 61 0.000026569 61 -100%
1927 65 0.000028025 65 -100%
1928 78 0.000034499 78 -100%
1929 79 0.000036037 79 -100%
1930 76 0.000034184 76 -100%
1931 70 0.000033264 70 -100%
1932 74 0.00003505 5 69 -86%
1933 49 0.000024507 49 -100%
1934 57 0.000027446 57 -100%
1935 57 0.000027274 57 -100%
1936 46 0.000022141 46 -100%
1937 55 0.000025813 55 -100%
1938 54 0.000024406 54 -100%
1939 34 0.00001543 34 -100%
1940 60 0.000026057 60 -100%
1941 56 0.000022984 56 -100%
1942 58 0.000021231 58 -100%
1943 62 0.000021966 62 -100%
1944 61 0.000022676 61 -100%
1945 69 0.000026009 69 -100%
1946 79 0.000024724 79 -100%
1947 88 0.000024429 88 -100%
1948 66 0.000019116 66 -100%
1949 95 0.000027261 95 -100%
1950 93 0.000026546 93 -100%
1951 111 0.000030132 111 -100%
1952 104 0.000027383 104 -100%
1953 102 0.000026468 102 -100%
1954 106 0.000026628 106 -100%
1955 90 0.000022415 90 -100%
1956 102 0.000024739 102 -100%
1957 101 0.000024035 101 -100%
1958 111 0.000026851 111 -100%
1959 122 0.000029341 122 -100%
1960 134 0.00003226 134 -100%
1961 108 0.000026072 108 -100%
1962 114 0.00002825 114 -100%
1963 120 0.000030317 120 -100%
1964 131 0.000033697 131 -100%
1965 139 0.00003834 139 -100%
1966 123 0.000035389 123 -100%
1967 172 0.000050664 172 -100%
1968 169 0.000050023 169 -100%
1969 179 0.000051506 179 -100%
1970 222 0.000061555 222 -100%
1971 212 0.000061765 212 -100%
1972 205 0.000065224 205 -100%
1973 250 0.000082867 250 -100%
1974 226 0.000074342 226 -100%
1975 309 0.000102338 309 -100%
1976 307 0.000101177 307 -100%
1977 436 0.000137258 436 -100%
1978 799 0.000251743 799 -100%
1979 913 0.000274421 7 906 -98%
1980 858 0.000249092 10 848 -98%
1981 896 0.000259006 896 -100%
1982 894 0.000254849 894 -100%
1983 954 0.000275457 9 945 -98%
1984 967 0.000277176 8 959 -98%
1985 1011 0.000283264 11 1000 -98%
1986 981 0.000275788 7 974 -99%
1987 1031 0.000285943 10 1021 -98%
1988 1218 0.000329631 14 1204 -98%
1989 1538 0.000400058 8 1530 -99%
1990 1649 0.000417207 6 1643 -99%
1991 1599 0.000410498 10 1589 -99%
1992 1808 0.000470677 10 1798 -99%
1993 1824 0.000483784 5 1819 -99%
1994 1953 0.000525331 1953 -100%
1995 2013 0.000549676 7 2006 -99%
1996 2298 0.000630073 2298 -100%
1997 2435 0.000671585 5 2430 -100%
1998 2920 0.000793865 2920 -100%
1999 2763 0.000747997 2763 -100%
2000 2851 0.000754252 5 2846 -100%
2001 2833 0.000756801 9 2824 -99%
2002 2810 0.00075168 2810 -100%
2003 3012 0.000792148 9 3003 -99%
2004 2880 0.000753745 8 2872 -99%
2005 2966 0.000771423 2966 -100%
2006 2944 0.00074415 5 2939 -100%
2007 2839 0.000710161 6 2833 -100%
2008 2683 0.000682582 2683 -100%
2009 2490 0.000651803 2490 -100%
2010 2392 0.000647232 2392 -100%
2011 2240 0.000612391 2240 -100%
2012 2131 0.00058266 2131 -100%
2013 2129 0.000583981 2129 -100%
2014 2077 0.000560386 2077 -100%
2015 1998 0.000539867 1998 -100%
2016 2085 0.000568321 2085 -100%
2017 1923 0.000537722 5 1918 -99%
2018 2097 0.000596434 2097 -100%
2019 2145 0.000617989 2145 -100%
2020 1891 0.00056607 1891 -100%
2021 2008 0.000592689 2008 -100%
2022 1989 0.000587916 1989 -100%
2023 1897 0.000572905 1897 -100%
2024 1992 0.000598468 1992 -100%

Explore other names

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  8. Nicolau
  9. Nicolaus
  10. Nicole
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