Nicholas
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning victory of the people; people's victory.
How Nicholas has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #62 |
| 2016 | #63 |
| 2017 | #68 |
| 2018 | #74 |
| 2019 | #78 |
| 2020 | #87 |
| 2021 | #92 |
| 2022 | #98 |
| 2023 | #109 |
| 2024 | #118 |
| 2025 | #112 |
Nicholas by the numbers
In 2025, 234 babies in England and Wales were named Nicholas. In the US, 5,327 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 29,155 babies in 1995, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 69 American boys born that year was called Nicholas.
Names that come from Nicholas
Forms of Nicholas in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Nicolevictory of the people; a form of Nicholas1,654 in the US (2017)
- Nixonson of Nicholas634 in the US (2017)
- Niklausvictory of the people; a form of Nicholas155 in the US (2017)
- Nickvictory of the people; short form of Nicholas146 in the US (2017)
- Nikolavictory of the people; a form of Nicholas137 in the US (2017)
- Nikkovictory of the people; form of Nicholas132 in the US (2017)
- Nicolavictory of the people; a form of Nicholas37 in the US (2017)
- Niccovictory of the people; a form of Nicholas31 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nicholas. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nicolasvictory of the people; form of Nicholas1,911 in the US (2017)
- Nickolasvictory of the people; a form of Nicholas218 in the US (2017)
- Nicholaivictory of the people; a form of Nicholas50 in the US (2017)
- Nicholausvictory of the people; a form of nicholas14 in the US (2017)
- Nicholisvictory of the people; variant of nicholas5 in the US (2017)
- Nikolasvictory of the people; form of Nicholas460 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean victory
Like Nicholas, each of these has victory in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Vincentconquering, victorious3,659 in the US (2017)
- Vinnieconquering; from Vincent851 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nicovictory of the people; form of nicholas306 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nasirhelper, protector, victorious749 in the US (2017)
- Nikolaivictory of the people; from nikao and laos571 in the US (2017)
- Nikovictory; a form of Nicholas514 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nicholas
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