Nikolai

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Nikolai first appears in the U.S. data in 1960 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 639 babies (rank #480 that year). In 2024 it was given to 484 boys (rank #589). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
10,550
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
639
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19606#3,940
19615#4,475
19625#4,465
19648#3,214
19658#3,168
19665#4,354
196915#2,276
197010#3,208
197112#2,924
197216#2,396
197312#2,971
197421#2,094
197531#1,650
197632#1,669
197724#2,045
197816#2,758
197928#1,929
198026#2,099
198124#2,179
198221#2,395
198318#2,641
198427#2,021
198532#1,857
198629#2,041
198731#2,009
198836#1,874
198945#1,726
199052#1,604
199165#1,421
199262#1,483
199363#1,488
199476#1,343
199568#1,451
199682#1,330
199776#1,434
199894#1,284
199995#1,288
200080#1,513
2001108#1,239
2002116#1,203
2003124#1,194
2004141#1,125
2005162#1,039
2006163#1,084
2007208#952
2008231#903
2009299#760
2010313#734
2011365#640
2012421#602
2013436#585
2014516#540
2015629#476
2016639#480
2017572#508
2018614#473
2019553#516
2020520#546
2021622#479
2022490#583
2023468#605
2024484#589