Nicholaus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NIK-o-las
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Nicholaus is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Nicholaus mean?
Greek: variant of Nicholas, after Latin Nicolaus
“victory of the people”
Saint Nicholas, the 4th-century bishop of Myra, is the saint behind the legend of Santa Claus.
Is Nicholaus a girl's or a boy's name?
Nicholaus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nicholaus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Nicholaus, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1981, with 168 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Nicholaus in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,554 boys in the US were given Nicholaus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #65, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Nicholaus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 45 | #2,489 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 56 | #1,970 |
| 2001 | 62 | #1,796 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 88 | #1,353 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 87 | #1,307 |
| 1996 | 82 | #1,319 |
| 1995 | 104 | #1,119 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,115 |
| 1993 | 102 | #1,104 |
| 1992 | 116 | #1,007 |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,049 |
| 1990 | 105 | #1,031 |
| 1989 | 104 | #999 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,161 |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,066 |
| 1986 | 119 | #831 |
| 1985 | 102 | #897 |
| 1984 | 114 | #818 |
| 1983 | 107 | #843 |
| 1982 | 133 | #762 |
| 1981 | 168 | #661 |
| 1980 | 153 | #701 |
| 1979 | 167 | #660 |
| 1978 | 130 | #741 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
Nicknames for Nicholaus
Names like Nicholaus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexis, Lucas, Christopher, Joshua, Cristian, Jason, Damian, Christian, Nathan, Jeremy, Andres, Alexander
Other spellings of Nicholaus
Names related to Nicholaus
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nicholaus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nicholaus, updated 20 October 2026.