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.

Nicolai

#3,274 most common boys' name of all time · #7,949 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among boys
#3,274
Rank overall
#7,949 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
1,865
Since 2016
554
Peak year
2015 #1,877
Best rank
#1,877 2015
Girls Boys peak 78/yr
198020002020

Nicolai 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 — 51 51 #2,582
2024 — 52 52 #2,569
2023 — 54 54 #2,492
2022 — 69 69 #2,144
2021 — 50 50 #2,602
2020 — 50 50 #2,561
2019 — 55 55 #2,435
2018 — 62 62 #2,221
2017 — 45 45 #2,736
2016 — 66 66 #2,119
2015 — 78 78 #1,877
2014 — 68 68 #2,073
2013 — 60 60 #2,193
2012 — 63 63 #2,140
2011 — 50 50 #2,490
2010 — 60 60 #2,198
2009 — 59 59 #2,238
2008 — 70 70 #2,011
2007 — 50 50 #2,513
2006 — 57 57 #2,232
2005 — 48 48 #2,415
2004 — 47 47 #2,394
2003 — 45 45 #2,368
2002 — 30 30 #3,054
2001 — 27 27 #3,266
2000 — 30 30 #2,953
1999 — 28 28 #2,986
1998 — 29 29 #2,815
1997 — 30 30 #2,640
1996 — 23 23 #3,154
1995 — 41 41 #2,047
1994 — 32 32 #2,417
1993 — 20 20 #3,295
1992 — 23 23 #2,962
1991 — 22 22 #2,948
1990 — 36 36 #2,072
1989 — 26 26 #2,512
1988 — 14 14 #3,619
1987 — 9 9 #4,761
1986 — 16 16 #3,077
1985 — 10 10 #4,201
1984 — 11 11 #3,826
1983 — 15 15 #3,014
1982 — 5 5 #6,789
1981 — 11 11 #3,754
1980 — 8 8 #4,723
1979 — 7 7 #5,099
1978 — 6 6 #5,419
1977 — 7 7 #4,868
1976 — 13 13 #3,045
1975 — 10 10 #3,590
1974 — 5 5 #5,636
1969 — 6 6 #4,310
1962 — 6 6 #4,021