Nicklas
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Nicklas is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Nicklas mean?
Greek: Scandinavian and German form of Nicholas, from Greek Nikolaos
“victory of the people”
Scandinavian and German form of Nicholas, from the Greek Nikolaos.
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Is Nicklas a girl's or a boy's name?
Nicklas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nicklas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Nicklas, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 111 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Nicklas in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nicklas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,142 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 81 | #1,601 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 111 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,338 |
| 1999 | 101 | #1,233 |
| 1998 | 110 | #1,130 |
| 1997 | 87 | #1,307 |
| 1996 | 56 | #1,687 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,412 |
| 1994 | 59 | #1,559 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | 68 | #1,366 |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,626 |
| 1990 | 51 | #1,610 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,697 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 34 | #1,686 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,676 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,475 |
| 1979 | 46 | #1,370 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Nicknames for Nicklas
- Nick 14 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Nicklas
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