# Nikolai (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nikolai/  
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 | 11,027 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,027 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 515, 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 | 365 | 640 |
| 2012 | 421 | 602 |
| 2013 | 436 | 585 |
| 2014 | 516 | 540 |
| 2015 | 629 | 476 |
| 2016 | 639 | 480 |
| 2017 | 573 | 507 |
| 2018 | 614 | 474 |
| 2019 | 554 | 515 |
| 2020 | 521 | 545 |
| 2021 | 622 | 481 |
| 2022 | 491 | 584 |
| 2023 | 470 | 604 |
| 2024 | 484 | 594 |
| 2025 | 469 | 605 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 33 | 894 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## People named Nikolai

- Count Nikolai of Monpezat, Danish model, influencer, and former prince; elder son of Prince Joachim and Alexandra, Co
- Nikolai Kinski, French-American actor
- Nikolai Reek, Estonian military personnel and politician (1890-1942)
- Nikolai Novosjolov, Estonian fencer (born 1980)
- Nikolai Fraiture, French-American musician (born 13 November 1978)
- Nikolai Karotamm, Estonian politician (1901-1969)
- Nikolai von Glehn, Baltic German landowner (1841–1923)
- Nikolai Grube, German Mesoamericanist
- Nikolai Terteryan, Danish boxer
- Eero Järnefelt, Finnish realist painter (1863–1937)
- Nicolai Eigtved, Danish architect
- Waldemar Klingelhöfer, German opera singer (1900–1977)

## 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.