Nikolai
Rank in 2025
#605
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
469
boys 469
Peak year
2021
622 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
11,027
since 1960
Born a Nikolai? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Nikolai was most popular in 2021, when 622 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.36 per 1,000). In 2025, 469 babies were named Nikolai, ranking #605 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 469 | 605 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 484 | 593 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 470 | 602 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 491 | 582 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 622 | 480 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 521 | 545 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 554 | 514 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 614 | 473 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 573 | 507 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 639 | 480 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 629 | 474 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 516 | 539 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 436 | 585 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 421 | 601 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 365 | 640 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 313 | 732 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 299 | 760 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 231 | 899 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 208 | 949 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 163 | 1081 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 162 | 1035 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 141 | 1124 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 124 | 1190 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 116 | 1200 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 108 | 1231 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 80 | 1504 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 95 | 1283 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 94 | 1280 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 76 | 1423 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 82 | 1321 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 68 | 1448 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 76 | 1340 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 63 | 1472 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 62 | 1472 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 65 | 1411 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 52 | 1587 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 46 | 1678 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 37 | 1815 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 31 | 1974 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 29 | 2007 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 32 | 1834 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 27 | 1979 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 18 | 2577 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 21 | 2341 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 24 | 2138 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 26 | 2058 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 28 | 1903 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 16 | 2669 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 24 | 2008 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 32 | 1646 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 31 | 1630 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 21 | 2050 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 12 | 2857 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 16 | 2323 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 10 | 3071 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 15 | 2217 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 8 | 3050 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 6 | 3665 |
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Where Nikolai is most popular
- Nevada1.9×
- Colorado1.5×
- Washington1.4×
- Utah1.4×
- Arizona1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.