Mikolaj

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mikolaj: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mikolaj: Recorded since 1982, it reached #166 in 2017, and it stood at #507 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
79times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#166highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#2470
2004	#3009
2005	#2754
2006	#847
2007	#567
2008	#453
2009	#461
2010	#328
2011	#392
2012	#398
2013	#459
2014	#438
2015	#354
2016	#322
2017	#392
2018	#440
2019	#472
2020	#505
2021	#569
2022	#699
2023	#791
2024	#1076

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 29 of the 44 years from 1982 to 2025.

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1076 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1982–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #590 among boys in Norway in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #166 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2006–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #507 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Mikolaj appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1982, and has registered 229 births with the name.

Mikolaj across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mikolaj's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#590 (1982)	#275 (2007)	#507 (2025)	29 of 44	229 (1982–2025)	16 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#2470 (2003)	#322 (2016)	#1076 (2024)	22 of 22	1,592 (2003–2024)	146 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#334 (2006)	#166 (2017)	#655 (2024)	18 of 19	383 (2006–2024)	36 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#293 (2009)	#230 (2010)	#392 (2020)	10 of 12	50 (2009–2020)	8 (2010)

Mikolaj by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mikolaj in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	10	2 of 10	5
1990s	17	4 of 10	4
2000s	80	9 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	90	9 of 10	10
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mikolaj appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Mikolaj's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1076	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#791	41	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#699	48	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#569	67	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#505	75	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#472	85	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#440	94	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#392	113	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#322	146	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#354	129	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#438	92	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#459	85	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#398	103	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#392	100	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#328	133	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#461	78	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#453	79	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#567	54	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#847	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#230	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#507	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#436	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#369	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#379	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#388	7	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#410	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#305	13	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#327	12	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#304	15	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#413	8	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#391	9	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#365	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#425	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#275	16	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#407	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#327	11	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#521	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#411	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#347	10	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#581	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#583	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#597	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#588	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#590	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#381	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	15	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	22	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	36	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	22	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	20	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	28	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	23	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	35	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	35	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#189	33	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	30	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	24	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	24	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1982 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #166, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 146 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mikie · #439, 9y
Mikkel · #28, 70y
Mila · #4, 34y
Mila-Grace · #2090, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kobe · #166, 29y
Kobi · #166, 30y
Kyra · #166, 35y
Caden · #165, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Liana · #166, 34y
Ferdinand · #167, 38y
Fionntan · #167, 28y
Drew · #163, 32y

Mikolaj was ranked #166 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mikolaj and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mikolaj without appearing here.

Mikolaj moved ahead of

Braxton Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2754 and #2418 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #328 and #4678.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3009 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #328 and #4678.
Ole Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #847 and #4052.
Morten Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #847 and #3385.

Moved ahead of Mikolaj

Lachlan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #364 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #660 and #268.
Tobias Compare
In 2022 they stood at #364 and #631 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #660 and #343.
Lucas Compare
In 1993 they stood at #588 and #627 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #597 and #311.
Finlay Compare
In 2022 they stood at #364 and #454 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #660 and #396.

Moved the opposite way to Mikolaj

Roger Compare
Between 1982 and 2007 in Norway · Boys, Mikolaj went from #590 to #275 while Roger went from #60 to #491.
Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikolaj went from #2470 to #1076 while Aaron went from #43 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikolaj went from #2470 to #1076 while Adam went from #18 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikolaj went from #2470 to #1076 while Alan went from #296 to #592.

Moved the same way as Mikolaj

Albie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikolaj went from #2470 to #1076 and Albie from #490 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikolaj went from #2470 to #1076 and Archie from #50 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikolaj went from #2470 to #1076 and Arlo from #1188 to #15.
Arthur Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikolaj went from #2470 to #1076 and Arthur from #168 to #4.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mikolaj

Mikolaj at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mikolaj across 4 official records

Mikolaj by decade in Norway · Boys

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Mikolaj across 4 official records

Mikolaj by decade in Norway · Boys

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