Nicolae

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nicolae: Recorded since 2009, its highest recorded position is #660, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#660highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2010–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#2941
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2014	#2248
2015	#2319
2016	#2335
2017	#2734
2018	#2112
2019	#1745
2020	#1431
2021	#2493
2022	#2320
2023	#3112
2024	#3254

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 15 years from 2010 to 2024.

In 2023: #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3112 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #701 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2023
Highest recorded position: #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2009–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nicolae appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 14 ranked years and 116 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 2009.

Nicolae across 2 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.

Nicolae'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2941 (2010)	#1431 (2020)	#3254 (2024)	14 of 15	116 (2010–2024)	17 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#701 (2009)	#660 (2023)	#660 (2023)	2 of 15	7 (2009–2023)	4 (2023)

Nicolae 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 2 regions, from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Nicolae'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 2009 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #660, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 1 year 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.

Nicol · #341, 26y
Nicola · #2, 68y
Nicolai · #76, 61y
Nicolas · #148, 53y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Raluca · #660, 15y
Annaleigh · #661, 19y
Barbora · #661, 17y
Kahlan · #663, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Afonso · #660, 21y
Mia-Lily · #660, 9y
Rahaf · #660, 22y
Raluca · #660, 15y

Nicolae was ranked #660 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Nicolae 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 Nicolae without appearing here.

Nicolae moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3830 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.
Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4805 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2319 and #4747.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4805 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2319 and #4747.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4805 and #3987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2248 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Nicolae

Conan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1342.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Aksel Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2892.
Henrik Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1431 and #1548 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2493 and #1782.

Moved the opposite way to Nicolae

Rune Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nicolae went from #2248 to #3254 while Rune went from #4632 to #1460.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 2 regions, from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Nicolae across 2 official records

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Nicolae across 2 official records

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