# Nicolai (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nicolai/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,865 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,865 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 88, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 2,497 |
| 2012 | 63 | 2,147 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,194 |
| 2014 | 68 | 2,075 |
| 2015 | 78 | 1,883 |
| 2016 | 66 | 2,129 |
| 2017 | 45 | 2,748 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,222 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,454 |
| 2020 | 50 | 2,575 |
| 2021 | 50 | 2,612 |
| 2022 | 69 | 2,147 |
| 2023 | 54 | 2,502 |
| 2024 | 52 | 2,586 |
| 2025 | 51 | 2,590 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Nicolai

- Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish association football player (1991-)
- Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer
- Nicolai Brock-Madsen, Danish footballer
- Johan Nicolai Madvig, Danish classical philologist (1804-1886)
- Nicolai Reedtz, Danish eSports player
- Nicolai Wammen, Danish politician
- Nicolai Wergeland, Father of the Constitution of Norway (1780-1848)
- Nicolai Larsen, Danish footballer
- Nicolai Vallys, Danish professional footballer
- Nicolai Kielstrup, Danish rapper
- Nicolai Fechin, American artist (1881-1955)
- Nicolai Brøchner, Danish cyclist, born 1993

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.