Nicolaas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NIK-o-las
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Nicolaas is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Nicolaas mean?
Greek: spelling of Nicolas; French and Spanish form of Nicholas
“victory of the people”
The French and Spanish form of Nicholas, from Greek Nikolaos.
Meaning borrowed from Nicolas. More on Wiktionary.
Is Nicolaas a girl's or a boy's name?
Nicolaas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nicolaas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Nicolaas, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had more boys named Nicolaas than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Nicolaas in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,554 boys in the US were given Nicolaas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #65, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Nicolaas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
Nicknames for Nicolaas
Names like Nicolaas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cristian, Lucas, Ulises, Alexis, Nico, Samuel, Andres, Adonis, Noah, Nikolai, Josiah, Joshua
Other spellings of Nicolaas
Names related to Nicolaas
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Nicolaas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nicolaas, updated 20 October 2026.