Is Niklas a boy or girl name?

Niklas is a boy’s name. Of the 1,711 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Niklas

Recorded 1976–2025 · United States

Niklas was most popular in 2000, when 90 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,231 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,711 people named Niklas.

Niklas over time

Births per year. The dot marks Niklas’s peak in 2000. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Niklas a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Niklas is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,711 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Niklas

Where Niklas is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org