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Nicodemus

#2,825 in 2025Boys' name

Victory + people

Nicodemus has been given to 1,120 babies in the U.S. since 1924. In 2025 it ranked #2,825 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 48 recorded.

Babies named Nicodemus, 2025

1 in 73,700

Nicodemus over time, 1880–2025

Boys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nicodemus: meaning, origin, and history

Victory + people

Ancient Greek

What Nicodemus means

Nicodemus means “victory + people”, associated with νῑ́κη and δῆμος.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Nicodemus is used in English and Latin. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Nicodemus comes through Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Latin, Nicodemus is pronounced [niː.kɔˈdeː.mʊs].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,120 boys were recorded with the name Nicodemus between 1924 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 48 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,477 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,011 in 2020 to #2,825 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,657 in 2015 to #2,825 in 2025.

How common is Nicodemus?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 73,700
45 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 38,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,825
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
51,066 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nicodemus 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 2025 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 51,066 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nicodemus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nicodemuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nicodemus was born before 2009 — so the typical Nicodemus is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
27.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
70.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,114
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 27.1% of all recorded uses (303).

Is Nicodemus 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
+544
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+186
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+832
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
93.8%
Peak was 2022 (48)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,477
1994

Where Nicodemus is used

Across 1910–2025, Nicodemus was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 521,633 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nicodemus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nicodemus around the world

Where Nicodemus ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2014–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2011–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nicodemus by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,825
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 186
Best rank ever
#2,477
1994
Peak year
2022
48 that year
First recorded
1924
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,120
Count in 2025
45

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