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Baby name
Nicholas
Boy
Origin of the name
Nicholas comes from the Greek Nikolaos, made of nikē, “victory,” and laos, “people.” Saint Nicholas, a bishop of the 4th century, is the origin of the figure of Santa Claus.
Classic name
926,047births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 7rank at its peak, in 1995
Where babies named Nicholas are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Nicholas is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Nicholas is most common in New Hampshire (1.8 times), Connecticut (1.7) and Rhode Island (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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