Nicholai
Nicholai was the 7075th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 2458th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,008 places. More babies were named Nicholai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,075 boys, down 2,965 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201051 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,024babies recorded
Nicholai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,075 | 12 |
| 2020 | #4,110 | 25 |
| 2010 | #2,458 | 51 |
| 2000 | #5,810 | 12 |
| 1990 | #4,589 | 12 |
| 1980 | #6,018 | 6 |
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How popular is Nicholai, counting every spelling?
Nicholai is the most common spelling of a name family that had 12 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 12 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholai | 12 | #7,075 | 70 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nicholai?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nicholai (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Nicholai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nicholai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nicholai?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Nicholai are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 11 and 25. That makes Nicholai mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nicholai: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nicholai, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nicholai
How popular is the name Nicholai?
Nicholai was the 7075th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 2458th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,008 places. More babies were named Nicholai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nicholai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Nicholai in the US.