Nicolai — #2560 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicolai

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,813 babies named Nicolai between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicolai currently holds the #2560 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicolai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 607 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nicolai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 300 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicolai in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicolai 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 1,813 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.