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Nicholas
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- Nicholas 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Nicolas 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Mikołaj 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇵🇱
- Nicolò 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Nicola 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Nickolas 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Nikolas 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Nikolay 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Nikola 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Niklas 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Nicklas 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇹🇸🇪
- Nikolai 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Nicolai 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Nikolaj 🇺🇸🏴🇵🇱🇦🇹
- Niccolò 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Nikolaus 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇵🇱🇦🇹
- Nicholaus 🇺🇸🇨🇦
- Miklos 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇭🇺
- Nickolaus 🇺🇸🇨🇦
- Nikolasz 🇭🇺
- Niclas 🇺🇸🇦🇹🇸🇪🇩🇪
- Nicolaus 🇺🇸🇦🇹
- Mikuláš 🇨🇿
- Nicholai 🇺🇸
2,469,788births recorded
31Countries
30Variants
1980Peak · France
#7Bulgaria 2025
Nicholas is a boy name family recorded 2,469,788 times in 31 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Bulgaria (#7 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in France in 1980, at 2,713.5 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Nicolas (France, Argentina, Spain), Mikołaj (Poland), Nicolò (Italy).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Nicholas
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas | English | 929,199 | 🇺🇸 United States | #112 | 1995 | ▼ 44 % |
| Nicholas | English | 34,778 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #92 | 1999 | ▼ 63 % |
| Nicholas | English | 23,922 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 2002 | – |
| Nicholas | English | 16,217 | 🏴 England & Wales | #214 | 1996 | ▼ 30 % |
| Nicholas | English | 8,556 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | #105 | 1997 | ▼ 22 % |
| Nicholas | English | 6,428 | 🇨🇦 Alberta | #197 | 1997 | ▼ 54 % |
| Nicolas | French | 406,555 | 🇫🇷 France | #269 | 1980 | ▼ 58 % |
| Nicolas | French | 323,954 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #79 | 1995 | ▼ 60 % |
| Nicolas | French | 101,764 | 🇺🇸 United States | #177 | 1998 | ▲ 15 % |
| Nicolas | French | 36,581 | 🇪🇸 Spain | #22 | 2013 | – |
| Nicolas | French | 32,510 | 🇨🇱 Chile | #17 | 1997 | – |
| Nicolas | French | 22,509 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #109 | 1999 | ▼ 62 % |
| Mikołaj | Polish | 116,891 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #10 | 2016 | ▼ 5 % |
| Mikołaj | Polish | 1,615 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1093 | 2016 | ▼ 74 % |
| Mikołaj | Polish | 375 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 2017 | – |
| Mikołaj | Polish | 253 | 🇺🇸 United States | #5608 | 2025 | ▲ 243 % |
| Mikołaj | Polish | 148 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 2016 | – |
| Mikołaj | Polish | 70 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2020 | – |
| Nicolò | Italian | 72,022 | 🇮🇹 Italy | #13 | 2022 | – |
| Nicolò | Italian | 1,571 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2718 | 2025 | ▲ 60 % |
| Nicolò | Italian | 373 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #351 | 2015 | ▼ 13 % |
| Nicolò | Italian | 186 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2012 | 2023 | ▲ 111 % |
| Nicolò | Italian | 145 | 🇫🇷 France | #4693 | 2024 | ▲ 27 % |
| Nicolò | Italian | 37 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1967 | – |
| Nicola | Italian | 39,120 | 🇮🇹 Italy | – | 1999 | – |
| Nicola | Italian | 3,012 | 🇺🇸 United States | #3848 | 1912 | ▶ 0 % |
| Nicola | Italian | 1,830 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #577 | 2000 | ▼ 70 % |
| Nicola | Italian | 1,618 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1968 | – |
| Nicola | Italian | 1,120 | 🇫🇷 France | #3273 | 2004 | ▼ 69 % |
| Nicola | Italian | 600 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | – | 1999 | – |
| Nickolas | English | 39,403 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1492 | 1998 | ▼ 61 % |
| Nickolas | English | 1,474 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1517 | 1999 | ▼ 66 % |
| Nickolas | English | 375 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1991 | – |
| Nickolas | English | 310 | 🇨🇦 Alberta | – | 1998 | – |
| Nickolas | English | 269 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 1999 | – |
| Nickolas | English | 197 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2018 | – |
| Nikolas | German | 24,050 | 🇺🇸 United States | #717 | 2004 | ▼ 16 % |
| Nikolas | German | 1,906 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #159 | 2008 | ▲ 29 % |
| Nikolas | German | 1,438 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #503 | 2002 | ▼ 24 % |
| Nikolas | German | 1,380 | 🏴 England & Wales | #687 | 2021 | ▼ 14 % |
| Nikolas | German | 1,111 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #233 | 2004 | ▼ 38 % |
| Nikolas | German | 584 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #555 | 1998 | ▼ 57 % |
| Nikolay | German | 14,819 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | #357 | 1990 | ▼ 56 % |
| Nikolay | German | 3,295 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | – | 2012 | – |
| Nikolay | German | 507 | 🇺🇸 United States | #6143 | 2010 | ▼ 42 % |
| Nikolay | German | 189 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2939 | 2021 | ▼ 43 % |
| Nikolay | German | 25 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2022 | – |
| Nikolay | German | 18 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | – | 2013 | – |
| Nikola | Slovene | 7,887 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | #7 | 2018 | – |
| Nikola | Slovene | 3,444 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1644 | 2020 | ▼ 19 % |
| Nikola | Slovene | 1,585 | 🇫🇷 France | #2060 | 2002 | ▼ 58 % |
| Nikola | Slovene | 1,262 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #184 | 2002 | ▲ 40 % |
| Nikola | Slovene | 1,176 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #145 | 2014 | ▲ 9 % |
| Nikola | Slovene | 1,019 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #521 | 2001 | ▼ 17 % |
| Niklas | German | 9,358 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #43 | 2004 | ▼ 35 % |
| Niklas | German | 1,711 | 🇺🇸 United States | #7679 | 2000 | ▼ 54 % |
| Niklas | German | 1,476 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #545 | 2007 | ▼ 82 % |
| Niklas | German | 1,352 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | – | 1998 | – |
| Niklas | German | 1,337 | 🇩🇪 Germany (large cities) | #110 | 2018 | – |
| Niklas | German | 85 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2006 | – |
How we grouped these names
- Nicholas ↔ Nicolas — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Nicolò — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Niccolò — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Nikolay — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Nikolai — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Nicolae — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Nikola — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Nikolas — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Mikołaj — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Mikuláš — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Miklos — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Nikolaus — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Niklas — checked by hand
- Nicholas ↔ Nikolaj — checked by hand
Questions about Nicholas
How popular is the name Nicholas?
In 2025 it ranked #7 in Bulgaria. Official registers record 2,469,788 births across 31 countries.
What is Nicholas in other languages?
Nicolas (French); Mikołaj (Polish); Nicolò (Italian); Nicola (Italian); Nickolas (English); Nikolas (German); Nikolay (German); Nikola (Slovene); Niklas (German); Nicklas (Swedish).
When was Nicholas most popular?
It peaked in France in 1980, at 2,713.5 births per 100,000.
Is Nicholas a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Nicholas is a boy name.