NameTides

Nikolai

Nikolai was the #605 boys' name in the US in 2025 (469 babies), and #1,226 in England & Wales and #943 in Canada.

Nikolai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nikolai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Nikolai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#605 (469)#1,226 (23)—#829 (3)#943 (27)
2024#593 (484)#1,235 (22)—#785 (3)#802 (32)
2023#602 (470)#1,042 (28)——#797 (31)
2022#582 (491)#1,609 (15)——#657 (40)
2021#480 (622)#1,078 (26)——#794 (32)
2020#545 (521)#1,019 (27)——#778 (31)
2019#514 (554)#894 (33)——#681 (37)
2018#473 (614)#1,382 (18)#595 (4)—#675 (38)
2017#507 (573)#1,124 (25)——#741 (33)
2016#480 (639)#1,022 (28)——#681 (38)
2015#474 (629)#1,442 (17)——#578 (46)
2014#539 (516)#1,223 (21)—#609 (4)#699 (36)
2013#585 (436)#1,404 (17)——#695 (35)
2012#601 (421)#1,367 (18)——#593 (42)
2011#640 (365)#1,447 (16)—#730 (3)#596 (42)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #480.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1960.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nikolai is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 4,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nikolai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #601NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #579INOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: #442PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #482CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #441CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #519GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #661TXFlorida: #443FL
Nikolai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#75315

Nikolai (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NikolaiCanadaBoys#94327
NikolaiEngland & WalesBoys#1,22623
NikolaiIrelandBoys#8293
NikolaiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NikolaiScotlandBoys—too few
NikolaiUSBoys#605469