Nicolay

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nicolay: Recorded since 1971, it reached #151 in 2009, and it stood at #445 in 2021.

1registrar recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#151highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1971–2021

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1971	#565
1972	#487
1974	#571
1975	#532
1976	#564
1977	#556
1980	#592
1981	#353
1982	#591
1983	#546
1984	#390
1985	#556
1986	#438
1987	#634
1988	#283
1989	#234
1990	#259
1991	#265
1992	#341
1993	#237
1994	#273
1995	#252
1996	#260
1997	#291
1998	#256
1999	#204
2000	#176
2001	#167
2002	#173
2003	#180
2004	#171
2005	#209
2006	#161
2007	#192
2008	#228
2009	#151
2010	#247
2011	#233
2012	#218
2013	#290
2014	#394
2015	#314
2016	#415
2017	#322
2018	#356
2019	#385
2020	#409
2021	#445

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

RisingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 48 of the 51 years from 1971 to 2021.

Official data for Norway, 1971–2021 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #565 among boys in Norway in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1971–2021
Highest recorded position: #151 among boys in Norway, in 2009 (recorded 1971–2021).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #445 among boys in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Boys

Nicolay 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 Nicolay in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	33	6 of 10	6
1980s	100	10 of 10	10
1990s	194	10 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	332	10 of 10	33
2010s	144	10 of 10	14
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 33 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Nicolay appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1971 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #151 in Norway in 2009.

Nicolay'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
2021	Norway	male	#445	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#409	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#385	8	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#356	10	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#415	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#290	16	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#218	24	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#233	22	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#247	20	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#151	44	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#228	23	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#192	29	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#161	39	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#209	24	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#171	34	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#180	33	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#173	34	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#167	38	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#176	34	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#204	27	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#256	19	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#291	15	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#260	18	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#273	18	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#237	25	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#341	13	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#265	20	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#259	20	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#234	25	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#283	17	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#634	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#438	9	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#556	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#390	11	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#546	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#591	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#353	12	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#592	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#556	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#564	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#532	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#571	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#487	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#565	5	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1971 and 2021, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #151, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in Norway in 2009.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

Nicolai · #76, 61y
Nicolas · #148, 53y
Nicole · #2, 62y
Nicoleta · #620, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Guttorm · #150, 45y
Krister · #148, 46y
Svend · #154, 52y
Kjerstin · #146, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Conn · #150, 44y
Leighton · #150, 36y
Mattis · #152, 52y
Andrius · #149, 36y

Nicolay was ranked #151 in Norway · Boys in 2009. 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.

Nicolay 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 Nicolay without appearing here.

Nicolay moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1985 they stood at #556 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #438 and #593.
Stephen Compare
In 1992 they stood at #341 and #329 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #237 and #388.
Harry Compare
In 1985 they stood at #591 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #438 and #574.
Steinar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #415 and #398 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #356 and #488.

Moved ahead of Nicolay

Nathan Compare
In 2015 they stood at #314 and #371 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #415 and #258.
Theodor Compare
In 1996 they stood at #260 and #263 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #291 and #161.
Lukas Compare
In 1991 they stood at #265 and #274 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #341 and #224.
Levi Compare
In 2009 they stood at #151 and #169 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #247 and #149.

Moved the opposite way to Nicolay

Stein Compare
Between 1971 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Nicolay went from #565 to #314 while Stein went from #52 to #503.
Roger Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Nicolay went from #565 to #290 while Roger went from #24 to #514.
Glenn Compare
Between 1971 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Nicolay went from #565 to #218 while Glenn went from #60 to #545.
Ronny Compare
Between 1971 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Nicolay went from #565 to #233 while Ronny went from #19 to #515.

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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1971 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #151 in Norway in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Nicolay

Nicolay at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nicolay by decade in Norway · Boys

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Nicolay at a glance

Nicolay by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Nicolay

Nicolay and the names beside it

Nicolay moved ahead of

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