Nichlas

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Nichlas has been given to 268 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1978, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Nichlas, 2004

1 in 764,000

Nichlas over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nichlas: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nichlas means

Nichlas is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Nichlas is used in Danish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 268 boys were recorded with the name Nichlas between 1975 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1978; its best national rank was #2,347 in 1978.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Nichlas?

Nichlas had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004: 1 in 764,000; 5 of 3,820,181 births
Among boys only: 1 in 397,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2004: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 529,591 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nichlas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,591 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nichlas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nichlass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nichlas was born before 1988 — so the typical Nichlas is around 37 today.

Median birth year: 1988; About 37 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 45.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 85.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 268; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 45.1% of all recorded uses (121).

Is Nichlas rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1978 (20)
Years since peak: 47; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,347; 1978

Spellings of Nichlas

Nichlas is not the most common spelling — Nicholas is, with 83.1% against Nichlas's 0.02%.

Nicholas83.1%926,047
Nicolas9.1%101,585
Nickolas3.5%39,356
Nikolas2.2%24,035
Nicklaus0.31%3,462
Nicholaus0.29%3,260
Nicola0.27%3,012
Nicklas0.22%2,430

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nichlas by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,347; 1978
Peak year: 1978; 20 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2004
All-time count: 268
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Nichlas

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Nichalas Nicklas Niccolas Nickalas Niclas Nickholas Nickelas Nicasio Nickson Nicohlas Nichollas Nicholi Nicollas Nicandro Nicolaas Nicklos Nickoli Niccolo Nickolai Nicko Nichlos Nichole Nicolae Nicolis

Sibling names for Nichlas

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shanta Cory Imelda Lakesha Cristy Aja Jason Bambi

For a brother

Delvin Cedrick Torrey Jed Kristofer Tory Aric Rodrick

Explore around Nichlas

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