# Nicolas name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/nicolas
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Nicolas ranked #177 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #142.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #177
- Birth count: 2,053
- Rate per 10,000: 12.02

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Nicolas
- Rank: #142
- Birth count: 2,552
- Rate per 10,000: 14.94
- Official count multiplier: 1.24x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.02
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.08
- Expected per school of 300: 0.23
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 7.3%

## Trend
- Label: stable
- Peak rate year: 1998
- Best rank year: 1998
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 56.0%

## Spelling components
- Nicolas: 2,053 births
- Nikolas: 375 births
- Nickolas: 118 births
- Nicolaas: 6 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology