Nickolas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NIK-uh-lus
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,492 for boys
Nickolas is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 1,492nd for boys in the US (118 babies).
What does Nickolas mean?
Greek: spelling of Nicholas, from Nikolaos
“victory of the people”
A spelling of Nicholas, the name of Saint Nicholas of Myra, the 4th-century bishop behind Santa Claus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Nickolas a girl's or a boy's name?
Nickolas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 118 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nickolas in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nickolas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Nickolas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Nickolas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,492among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 118about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 118 boys in the US were named Nickolas, making it the 1,492nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,039th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 1,156 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Nickolas in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 boys in the US were given Nickolas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,308, up from #1,492 for this spelling alone.
- Nickolas 118
- Nikkolas 6
Nickolas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #1,492 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,540 |
| 2023 | 130 | #1,408 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,393 |
| 2021 | 168 | #1,170 |
| 2020 | 195 | #1,039 |
| 2019 | 208 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 265 | #840 |
| 2017 | 223 | #936 |
| 2016 | 301 | #788 |
| 2015 | 339 | #727 |
| 2014 | 335 | #720 |
| 2013 | 380 | #645 |
| 2012 | 457 | #565 |
| 2011 | 463 | #549 |
| 2010 | 565 | #465 |
| 2009 | 621 | #447 |
| 2008 | 739 | #399 |
| 2007 | 842 | #369 |
| 2006 | 938 | #335 |
| 2005 | 939 | #328 |
| 2004 | 1,069 | #298 |
| 2003 | 911 | #325 |
| 2002 | 891 | #317 |
| 2001 | 973 | #301 |
| 2000 | 1,089 | #282 |
| 1999 | 1,138 | #264 |
| 1998 | 1,156 | #259 |
| 1997 | 1,083 | #261 |
| 1996 | 1,067 | #263 |
| 1995 | 1,052 | #267 |
| 1994 | 1,080 | #263 |
| 1993 | 1,084 | #264 |
| 1992 | 1,069 | #264 |
| 1991 | 1,002 | #270 |
| 1990 | 998 | #268 |
| 1989 | 1,048 | #248 |
| 1988 | 823 | #285 |
| 1987 | 789 | #278 |
| 1986 | 756 | #279 |
| 1985 | 671 | #306 |
| 1984 | 619 | #315 |
| 1983 | 648 | #304 |
| 1982 | 589 | #323 |
| 1981 | 614 | #309 |
| 1980 | 680 | #298 |
| 1979 | 607 | #317 |
| 1978 | 574 | #310 |
| 1977 | 270 | #495 |
| 1976 | 173 | #625 |
| 1975 | 138 | #705 |
| 1974 | 122 | #735 |
| 1973 | 136 | #683 |
| 1972 | 119 | #729 |
| 1971 | 111 | #773 |
| 1970 | 130 | #721 |
| 1969 | 102 | #770 |
| 1968 | 121 | #685 |
| 1967 | 99 | #739 |
| 1966 | 85 | #785 |
| 1965 | 74 | #854 |
| 1964 | 83 | #831 |
| 1963 | 79 | #851 |
| 1962 | 90 | #798 |
| 1961 | 86 | #824 |
| 1960 | 91 | #798 |
| 1959 | 79 | #853 |
| 1958 | 97 | #746 |
| 1957 | 102 | #743 |
| 1956 | 106 | #711 |
| 1955 | 97 | #738 |
| 1954 | 108 | #693 |
| 1953 | 88 | #758 |
| 1952 | 115 | #646 |
| 1951 | 119 | #646 |
| 1950 | 92 | #715 |
| 1949 | 95 | #701 |
| 1948 | 79 | #759 |
| 1947 | 92 | #714 |
| 1946 | 65 | #812 |
| 1945 | 65 | #761 |
| 1944 | 64 | #782 |
| 1943 | 85 | #697 |
| 1942 | 87 | #687 |
| 1941 | 75 | #713 |
| 1940 | 61 | #792 |
| 1939 | 55 | #818 |
| 1938 | 61 | #784 |
| 1937 | 51 | #858 |
| 1936 | 66 | #742 |
| 1935 | 57 | #822 |
| 1934 | 69 | #733 |
| 1933 | 72 | #710 |
| 1932 | 76 | #708 |
| 1931 | 65 | #775 |
| 1930 | 113 | #564 |
| 1929 | 93 | #633 |
| 1928 | 123 | #547 |
| 1927 | 142 | #508 |
| 1926 | 132 | #525 |
| 1925 | 135 | #528 |
| 1924 | 155 | #495 |
| 1923 | 132 | #530 |
| 1922 | 125 | #568 |
| 1921 | 125 | #562 |
| 1920 | 140 | #516 |
| 1919 | 131 | #518 |
| 1918 | 140 | #504 |
| 1917 | 134 | #496 |
| 1916 | 109 | #547 |
| 1915 | 92 | #595 |
| 1914 | 91 | #512 |
| 1913 | 55 | #592 |
| 1912 | 45 | #608 |
| 1911 | 16 | #823 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
Nicknames for Nickolas
Names like Nickolas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nicholas Lucas Zachary Nathaniel Sebastian Alexander Gabriel Noah Tobias Elliot Elias Elijah
Other spellings of Nickolas
Names related to Nickolas
Nicolas Nikolas Nikolaos Niklaus Niklas Nicolaas Nikolaus Nicklaus
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Sofia Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nickolas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nickolas, updated 20 October 2026.