Nickolai — #7347 US boys' name
523 babies named Nickolai in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Nickolai was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Nickolai in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nickolai
The Social Security Administration has registered 523 babies named Nickolai between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nickolai currently holds the #7347 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickolai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 213 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nickolai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nickolai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nickolai 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 523 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.
Nickolai at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Nickolai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2015)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #7347 among boys.
523 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 31 births in a single year.
Nickolai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 213 births that decade — 41% of Nickolai's all-time total
Nickolai decade highlights
- Peak decade 213 births
- Runner-up 164 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nickolai's strongest decade
213 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Nickolai by state
Where Nickolai concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 523 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1976–2024 (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.