Nikoli — #6983 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nikoli

The Social Security Administration has registered 657 babies named Nikoli between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nikoli currently holds the #6983 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikoli performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 290 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nikoli shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikoli in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikoli 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 657 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.