Nicholai — #5482 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicholai

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,011 babies named Nicholai between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicholai currently holds the #5482 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicholai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 391 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nicholai shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicholai in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicholai 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 1,011 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.