Mikolaj — #11411 US boys' name
237 babies named Mikolaj in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Mikolaj was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Mikolaj in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikolaj
The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Mikolaj between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mikolaj currently holds the #11411 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikolaj performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mikolaj shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mikolaj in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikolaj in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 237 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mikolaj at a glance
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Current rank
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Mikolaj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #11411 among boys.
237 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 17 births in a single year.
Mikolaj by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 99 births that decade — 42% of Mikolaj's all-time total
Mikolaj decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mikolaj's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Mikolaj by state
Where Mikolaj concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 59 | 24.9% |
59 of 237 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 24.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 24.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.