Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nicholai

#4,743 most common boys' name of all time · #11,691 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among boys
#4,743
Rank overall
#11,691 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,024
Since 2016
238
Peak year
2010 #2,442
Best rank
#2,442 2010
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
198020002020

Nicholai first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 12 12 #6,884
2024 — 17 17 #5,495
2023 — 12 12 #6,999
2022 — 13 13 #6,550
2021 — 16 16 #5,628
2020 — 25 25 #4,050
2019 — 29 29 #3,742
2018 — 30 30 #3,647
2017 — 51 51 #2,511
2016 — 33 33 #3,382
2015 — 38 38 #3,046
2014 — 29 29 #3,642
2013 — 47 47 #2,576
2012 — 39 39 #2,975
2011 — 45 45 #2,681
2010 — 51 51 #2,442
2009 — 38 38 #3,064
2008 — 47 47 #2,649
2007 — 36 36 #3,151
2006 — 46 46 #2,593
2005 — 34 34 #3,055
2004 — 28 28 #3,406
2003 — 24 24 #3,663
2002 — 19 19 #4,232
2001 — 16 16 #4,745
2000 — 12 12 #5,688
1999 — 12 12 #5,417
1998 — 12 12 #5,258
1997 — 13 13 #4,762
1996 — 13 13 #4,704
1995 — 12 12 #4,922
1994 — 10 10 #5,611
1993 — 18 18 #3,580
1992 — 9 9 #5,826
1991 — 9 9 #5,678
1990 — 12 12 #4,530
1989 — 16 16 #3,545
1988 — 8 8 #5,459
1987 — 5 5 #7,398
1986 — 7 7 #5,593
1985 — 8 8 #4,928
1984 — 12 12 #3,604
1983 — 14 14 #3,170
1982 — 12 12 #3,608
1981 — 7 7 #5,232
1980 — 6 6 #5,883
1979 — 5 5 #6,534
1973 — 5 5 #5,529
1972 — 7 7 #4,277
1962 — 5 5 #4,610