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How popular is “Nikolaos” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nikolaos” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nikolaos” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nikolaos” 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
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 -100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 -100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 -100%
1974 34 0.000011184 34 -100%
1975 31 0.000010267 31 -100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 -100%
1977 36 0.000011333 36 -100%
1978 37 0.000011658 37 -100%
1979 48 0.000014427 48 -100%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 -100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 -100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 -100%
1983 36 0.000010395 36 -100%
1984 24 0.000006879 24 -100%
1985 37 0.000010367 37 -100%
1986 35 0.00000984 35 -100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 -100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 -100%
1989 35 0.000009104 35 -100%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 -100%
1991 30 0.000007702 30 -100%
1992 25 0.000006508 25 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 -100%
1995 35 0.000009557 35 -100%
1996 39 0.000010693 39 -100%
1997 29 0.000007998 29 -100%
1998 33 0.000008972 33 -100%
1999 28 0.00000758 28 -100%
2000 31 0.000008201 31 -100%
2001 36 0.000009617 36 -100%
2002 27 0.000007223 27 -100%
2003 39 0.000010257 39 -100%
2004 49 0.000012824 49 -100%
2005 44 0.000011444 44 -100%
2006 32 0.000008089 32 -100%
2007 52 0.000013008 52 -100%
2008 49 0.000012466 49 -100%
2009 45 0.00001178 45 -100%
2010 47 0.000012717 47 -100%
2011 48 0.000013123 48 -100%
2012 34 0.000009296 34 -100%
2013 47 0.000012892 47 -100%
2014 57 0.000015379 57 -100%
2015 42 0.000011349 42 -100%
2016 48 0.000013084 48 -100%
2017 40 0.000011185 40 -100%
2018 38 0.000010808 38 -100%
2019 46 0.000013253 46 -100%
2020 48 0.000014369 48 -100%
2021 56 0.000016529 56 -100%
2022 48 0.000014188 48 -100%
2023 50 0.0000151 50 -100%
2024 47 0.00001412 47 -100%

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