How Many People Are Named Nikolay?
people named Nikolay are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 682,205 people in the US has this name
Based on 507 babies named Nikolay in Social Security records from 1992 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
32 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Russian and Bulgarian form of NICHOLAS. A notable bearer was the Russian novelist Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nikolay in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nikolay alive today is about 14 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nikolay first appears in the records in 1992 and was given most often in 2010, to 32 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1992 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nikolay has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,421, in 2010. In 2025 it ranked #6,338.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,338 |
| Best rank | #3,421 (2010) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,504 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nikolay alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nikolay were born in California than in any other state: about 27 of those alive today.
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