Nikolai
Nikolai is ranked 589th among boys in 2024 (484 births). Its best rank was 473rd, in 2018.
- Rank in 2024
- #589up 16 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4840.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2016639 births
- Best rank
- #473in 2018
- Since 1960
- 10,550people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,550 boys have been named Nikolai in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 639 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2016, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 48%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2016, its biggest year
Nikolai was the 480th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Nikolai
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maximilianopeak 2019
- Thatcherpeak 2021
- Karsonpeak 2018
- Croixpeak 2019
- Rayanpeak 2023
- Audenpeak 2020
- Sawyerpeak 2015
- Jensonpeak 2021
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.