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Nicholas
Pronounced /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/
Rank in 2024
#117
Born in 2024
3,025
Peak year
1995 · #6
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,025 boys were named Nicholas, about 1 in every 567.
- It peaked in 1995 with 29,161 babies, ranked #6.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 922,897 boys have been named Nicholas since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Nicholas per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.4Greatest1901–27
- 1.0Silent1928–45
- 1.1Boomers1946–64
- 3.6Gen X1965–80
- 13.1Millennials1981–96
- 9.0Gen Z1997–12
- 2.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 22,672 babies, 1.36 per 1,000. Silent: 20,090 babies, 0.97 per 1,000. Boomers: 40,871 babies, 1.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 97,717 babies, 3.59 per 1,000. Millennials: 398,092 babies, 13.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 283,127 babies, 9.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 58,646 babies, 2.70 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Nicholas, from Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + λαός (laós, “people”).
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, notably born by St. Nicholas of Myre, on whom Father Christmas is based.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Nicholas, CC BY-SA 4.0.