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Baby name
Nicolas
Boy
Origin of the name
Nicolas is the French and Spanish form of Nicholas, from the Greek nikē, “victory,” and laos, “people.”
Classic name
101,585births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 134rank at its peak, in 2003
Where babies named Nicolas are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Nicolas is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Nicolas is most common in Florida (2.5 times), Nevada (2.5) and California (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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