Nicolaas
Nicolaas is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Nicolaas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nicolaas is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Nicolaas
American parents first put Nicolaas on the record books as a baby boy name in 1960, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1996, when 22 Nicolaass were born — ranking #3,202 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 33% of all recorded Nicolaass. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2017 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 398 Nicolaass have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Nicolaas
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About the name Nicolaas
Nicolaas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 398 births in the dataset. Nicolaas's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #3,202. Use the chart and map above to compare Nicolaas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.