Nikolai
#1,112 most common boys' name of all time · #2,640 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1960–2025
Rank among boys
#1,112
Rank overall
#2,640 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
11,027
Since 2016
5,437
Peak year
2016 #480
Best rank
#474 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 639/yr
Nikolai first appears in 1960. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 469 | 469 | #605 |
| 2024 | — | 484 | 484 | #593 |
| 2023 | — | 470 | 470 | #602 |
| 2022 | — | 491 | 491 | #583 |
| 2021 | — | 622 | 622 | #481 |
| 2020 | — | 521 | 521 | #546 |
| 2019 | — | 554 | 554 | #515 |
| 2018 | — | 614 | 614 | #474 |
| 2017 | — | 573 | 573 | #507 |
| 2016 | — | 639 | 639 | #480 |
| 2015 | — | 629 | 629 | #475 |
| 2014 | — | 516 | 516 | #540 |
| 2013 | — | 436 | 436 | #585 |
| 2012 | — | 421 | 421 | #601 |
| 2011 | — | 365 | 365 | #640 |
| 2010 | — | 313 | 313 | #733 |
| 2009 | — | 299 | 299 | #761 |
| 2008 | — | 231 | 231 | #904 |
| 2007 | — | 208 | 208 | #952 |
| 2006 | — | 163 | 163 | #1,081 |
| 2005 | — | 162 | 162 | #1,039 |
| 2004 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,125 |
| 2003 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,192 |
| 2002 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,202 |
| 2001 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,236 |
| 2000 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,510 |
| 1999 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,291 |
| 1998 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,283 |
| 1997 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,430 |
| 1996 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,327 |
| 1995 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,452 |
| 1994 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,344 |
| 1993 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,486 |
| 1992 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,483 |
| 1991 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,415 |
| 1990 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,608 |
| 1989 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,693 |
| 1988 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,839 |
| 1987 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,005 |
| 1986 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,034 |
| 1985 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,860 |
| 1984 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,023 |
| 1983 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,639 |
| 1982 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,389 |
| 1981 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,187 |
| 1980 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,094 |
| 1979 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,935 |
| 1978 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,758 |
| 1977 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,052 |
| 1976 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,673 |
| 1975 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,654 |
| 1974 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,116 |
| 1973 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,977 |
| 1972 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,401 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,948 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,255 |
| 1969 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,302 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,429 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,230 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,270 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,543 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,577 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,029 |