Name meaning & stats
Niklas
Niklas means “victory of the people”. 1,711 US babies since 1940, peak 2000. Notable Niklass are 5.3× over-represented as ice hockey players.
What it means
“victory of the people”
Spelling of Nicolas
Nicolas around the world
- Николас / Николя · Russian
- Николас · Ukrainian
- Νίκολας · Greek
- نيقولا · Arabic
- ニコラス · Japanese
- 尼古拉斯/尼古拉 · Chinese
- 니콜라 · Korean
- Nikolaz
- Nicolás · Spanish
- Nikolay · Bulgarian
Famous Nicolass
- Nicolas Sarkozy · 23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012
- Nicolas Cage · American actor (born 1964)
- Nicolas Poussin · French painter (1594-1665)
- Nicolas Appert · French inventor of airtight food preservation (1749–1841)
Nicolas’s name day
- December 6 · France
In US birth records
Peak year: 2000
1,711 US babies were named Niklas between 1940 and 2025.
Niklas around the world
- Norway: 2,381 babies since 1945, peak 2005, No. 210 in 2025
- Sweden: 1,342 babies since 1998, peak 1998, No. 1,006 in 2022
- England & Wales: 115 babies since 1996, peak 2006, No. 4,975 in 2025
- Belgium: 54 babies since 1995, peak 2014
- France: 50 babies since 1900, peak 2022
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Niklass end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Footballer | 1.5× | High · 87 people |
| Ice hockey player | 5.3× | High · 64 people |
| Doctor | 3.0× | High · 32 people |
| Actor | 1.0× | High · 25 people |
Among notable men who are ice hockey players, Niklass show up 5.3× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
One more thing…
Niklass are 1.9× more likely than expected to be chemists.
The surprise career: Medium confidence · 10 notable people.
Other spellings
1 in 108 Nicolass spell it Niklas
- Nicolas 54%
- Nickolas 20%
- Nikolas 13%
- Nicklaus 2%
- Nikolaus 1%
- Niklaus 1%
- Nicklas 1%
- Nikolaos 1%
- Nickolaus 1%
- Niklas 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2000)