How Many People Are Named Nicolae?
people named Nicolae are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,987,121 people in the US has this name
Based on 174 babies named Nicolae in Social Security records from 2003 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
18 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Romanian form of NICHOLAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nicolae in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nicolae alive today is about 13 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nicolae first appears in the records in 2003 and was given most often in 2010, to 18 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 2003 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Nicolae has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #5,181, in 2010.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #5,181 (2010) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,020 in the 2010s |
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