How Many People Are Named Nikolaj?
people named Nikolaj are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,233,887 people in the US has this name
Based on 154 babies named Nikolaj in Social Security records from 2001 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Danish and Slovene form of NICHOLAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nikolaj in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nikolaj alive today is about 10 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nikolaj first appears in the records in 2001 and was given most often in 2019, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 2001 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Nikolaj has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #5,097, in 2019.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #5,097 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,167 in the 2010s |
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