Nicolai
Nicolai is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 52 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 520.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201578 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1962
- 1,813people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,813 boys have been named Nicolai in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 78 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 33%.
By decade
In 2015, its biggest year
Nicolai was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Nicolai
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kekoapeak 2017
- Yehoshuapeak 2019
- Aleksanderpeak 2014
- Farhanpeak 2024
- Ameenpeak 2024
- Husseinpeak 2015
- Mohamedpeak 2014
- Salahpeak 2019
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.