Nicolas
Top 1000
About Nicolas
Nicolas is the French and Spanish form, or streamlined spelling, of Nicholas, popularized by actor Nicolas Cage. Nicolas has been consistently on the charts since Social Security began releasing data, but the name did not truly take off until around the 70s. Today Nicolas is popular among Spanish and Portuguese-speaking parents, ranking in the Top 30 in Spain, Brazil, and Chile.
This spelling leads directly to the nickname Nico.
Pronounced nih-KOH-lahs.
As of October 2026, Nicolas ranked #177 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #132 in 1998.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #196 | 2,077 | 1,081.3 |
| 2015 | #202 | 1,998 | 1,042.4 |
| 2016 | #194 | 2,085 | 1,098.7 |
| 2017 | #206 | 1,918 | 1,036.2 |
| 2018 | #195 | 2,097 | 1,154.6 |
| 2019 | #181 | 2,145 | 1,195.5 |
| 2020 | #202 | 1,891 | 1,095.5 |
| 2021 | #189 | 2,008 | 1,147.8 |
| 2022 | #191 | 1,989 | 1,139.2 |
| 2023 | #193 | 1,897 | 1,109 |
| 2024 | #185 | 1,992 | 1,156.2 |
| 2025 | #177 | 2,053 | 1,201.9 |
World rankings
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Nicolas on lists
Famous Nicolass
- Nicolas de Condorcet
French philosipher
- Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola)
American actor
- Nicolas Paul Stephane Sarkozy
President of France
- Nicolás Maduro
65th President of Venezuela
- Nicolas Poussin
French Baroque painter
- Nicolas Sebastien Anelka
French footballer
- Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut
French tennis player
- Nicolas Kiefer
German tennis player
- Nicolas Roche
Irish cyclist; son of cyclist Stephen Roche
- Nicolas Charles Oudinot
1st Comte Oudinot, 1st Duc de Reggio, Marshal of France
- Nicolas Bourbaki
pseudonym of a group of French mathematicians
- Nicolas Jon "Nic" Knievel
son of daredevil Evel Knievel
- Nicolas
Jacques Charrier (b. 1960), son of actors Brigitte Bardot and Jacques Charrier
- Nicolas Poiret (b. 1978)
son of actors Caroline Cellier and Jean Poiret
- Nicolas Yaffa (b. 1985)
son of bassist Sami Yaffa of the New York Dolls
- Nicolas Mulroney (b. 1985)
son of Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
- Nicolas Sled (b. 1993)
son of TV personality Sophie Davant and Pierre Sled
- Nicolas "Nico" Marley (b. 1995)
son of Rohan Marley; grandson of singer Bob Marley
- Nicolas Ramos (b. 1995)
son of TV news anchor Jorge Ramos
- Nicolas Robert Grandezka (b. 1999)
son of actor Wolfram Grandezka and model Nadja Auermann
- Nicolas Haza Paleta (b. 1999)
son of actors Ludwika Paleta and Plutarco Haza
- Nicolas Grev Austin Collins (b. 2001)
son of musician Phil Collins
- Nicolas Neruda Kodjoe (b. 2006)
son of actors Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker
- Nicolas Bendtner (b. 2010)
son of TV personality Caroline Fleming and footballer Nicklas Bendtner
- Nicolás Gómez
Acebo y Carney (b. 2013), son of the Viscount de la Torre; great,nephew of King Juan Carlos of Spain
- Nicolas Paul Gustaf Bernadotte (b. 2015)
Prince of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland; daughter of Princess Madeleine
- Nicolás Gómez
Acebo y Halamandari (b. 2016), son of Don Fernando Gómez,Acebo; great,nephew of King Juan Carlos of Spain
- Nicolás Heras
Casado (b. 2016), son of actress Anne Igartiburu and composer Pablo Heras,Casado
- Nicolas "Nico" Gaitán
Argentine professional footballer
- Nicolas “Nico” Hülkenberg
german Formula one driver