How Many People Are Named Nikolai?
people named Nikolai are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,416 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,027 babies named Nikolai in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
639 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of NIKOLAY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nikolai in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nikolai alive today is about 12 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nikolai first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 2016, to 639 babies. In 2025, 469 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nikolai has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #474, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #605.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #605 |
| Best rank | #474 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #554 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nikolai alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nikolai were born in California than in any other state: about 1,648 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nikolai was given 1.6 times as often in New Mexico, 1.6 times in Washington and 1.5 times in Colorado.
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