Nicolas is a distinctive choice, ranked #363 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Nicolas in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#363
US Rank #177
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About the Name Nicolas
Nicolas has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 90 places in five years. It was most popular in 2019 at #252 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Nicolas is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Nicolas in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #185, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Nicolas
Nicolas Mohr — Nicolas Mohr is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Austrian Regionalliga club FC Lauterach.
Nicolas Anelka — Nicolas Sébastien Anelka is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a forward.
Nicolas Vinokurov — Nicolas Vinokurov is a Kazakh cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Nicolas
Unlikely. With around 115 UK babies named Nicolas per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Nicolas in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Nicolas is declining: down 110 places since 2020, to #363 in 2025. It peaked at #252 in 2019.
Nicolas is more popular in the US (#185) than in the UK (#343). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Nicolas include: Nicolas Mohr, Nicolas Anelka and Nicolas Vinokurov. Short summaries for each appear below.
Nicolas appears in the US top 500 at #185 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
115
UK babies named Nicolas (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 110 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Nicolas
Almost certainly the only Nicolas in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Nicolas
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Nicolas Perrot, a French explorer, fur trader, and diplomat, was one of the first European men to travel in the Upper Mississippi Valley, in what is now Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, known in his adult life as Nicolas Chamfort and as Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort, was a French writer, best known for his epigrams and aphorisms.