Nicolas

“Variant of Nicholas — The people's victory” — Greek, via Latin and Old French origin

Boy's name · #177 in the US (2025) · Trending

Nicolas is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1882, it stood at #177 in 2025; about 102,000 boys have been named Nicolas along the way. Together with its spelling variants Nicholas (#112) and Nikolas (#719), Nicolas would rank around #54 with about 5,500 births last year — the newborns split about 56/37/7 across Nicholas, Nicolas, and Nikolas.

Around the world: #12 in Argentina (2024) · #18 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #23 in Spain (2024) · #78 in Czechia (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Nicolases

Nicolas Sarkozy — 23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012
Nicolás Maduro — President of Venezuela 2013 to 2026
Nicolas Cage — American actor (born 1964)
Nicolas Poussin — French painter (1594-1665)
Nicolas Appert — French inventor of airtight food preservation (1749–1841)

In stories & tradition

Nicolas Bourbaki — fictional human
Nicolas Chauvin — fictional human
Nicolas Flamel — Harry Potter

What Nicolases become

Among 6,504 notable people named Nicolas:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian lawyer, journalist and politician (1837-1885).

Similar names: Nicholas · Dante · Niko · Lorenzo · Emilio · Alexis

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