Nicholas Variations & Nicknames
Honor Nicholas with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or spelling of Nicholas. | 3,115#112 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Nicholas family. | 803#383 | Down 117 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
An English form or spelling of Nicholas. | 2,053#177 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
A familiar short form in the Nicholas family. | 124#1,447 | Down 26 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
An English form or spelling of Nicholas. | 118#1,498 | Down 455 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
An English form or spelling of Nicholas. | 375#719 | Down 115 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
A familiar short form in the Nicholas family. | 2,066#174 | Up 144 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A familiar short form in the Nicholas family. | 1,046#325 | Up 33 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
An English form or spelling of Nicholas. | 469#605 | Down 60 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
A familiar short form in the Nicholas family. | 8#9,452 | Down 2,925 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
An international form or spelling of Nicholas. | 102#1,651 | Down 412 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
An international form or spelling of Nicholas. | 28#3,919 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 1972 | ||
An international form or spelling of Nicholas. | 24#4,345 | Up 307 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
An English form or spelling of Nicholas. | 51#2,590 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
A familiar short form in the Nicholas family. | 10#8,056 | Down 1,145 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
An international form or spelling of Nicholas. | 47#2,745 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A familiar short form in the Nicholas family. | 63#2,245 | Up 63 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
An international form or spelling of Nicholas. | 40#3,069 | Up 634 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
An English form or spelling of Nicholas. | 12#7,071 | Down 2,965 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
A familiar short form in the Nicholas family. | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
An international form or spelling of Nicholas. | 14#6,338 | Down 942 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
A familiar short form in the Nicholas family. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
An international form or spelling of Nicholas. | —Unranked | — | 1977 | ||
An international form or spelling of Nicholas. | —Unranked | — | 2018 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.