Nikolas: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced NIK-uh-luhs · 3 syllables

A transliteration of the Greek given name (Nikolas), used in Greece.

How popular is Nikolas?

Nikolas was the #717 name in the US in 2025, given to 375 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Nikolas in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Nikolas are older than 27; most are between 19 and 45. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Nikolas have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Nikolas is pronounced NIK-uh-luhs.

Nikolas was the #717 name in the US in 2025, given to 375 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Nikolas are older than 27. Most are between 19 and 45.