Nikolai

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nikolai: Recorded since 1946, it reached #41 in 2004, and it stood at #103 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
98times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#41highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Nikolai's record

Held a top-100 place for 31 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1052
1998	#1821
1999	#1281
2000	#1552
2001	#1467
2002	#1799
2003	#1248
2004	#1596
2005	#1456
2006	#1084
2007	#1440
2008	#2276
2009	#1099
2010	#1201
2011	#1447
2012	#1367
2013	#1404
2014	#1223
2015	#1442
2016	#1022
2017	#1124
2018	#1382
2019	#894
2020	#1019
2021	#1078
2022	#1609
2023	#1042
2024	#1235

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 64 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

In 2025: #103 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #349 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #41 among boys in Norway, in 2004 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #103 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Nikolai appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 64 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 4,581 births with the name.

Nikolai across 3 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.

Nikolai'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	#349 (1946)	#41 (2004)	#103 (2025)	64 of 80	4,581 (1946–2025)	183 (2004)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#894 (2019)	#1235 (2024)	29 of 29	492 (1996–2024)	33 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#439 (2004)	#439 (2004)	#829 (2025)	5 of 22	17 (2004–2025)	4 (2004)

Nikolai 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 Nikolai in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	10	2 of 10	5
1950s	16	3 of 10	5
1960s	23	4 of 10	6
1970s	97	9 of 10	11
1980s	263	10 of 10	26
1990s	943	10 of 10	94
2000sbusiest	1,525	10 of 10	153
2010s	1,298	10 of 10	130
2020s	406	6 of 10	68

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 153 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2000 and 2001, when recorded births fell by 43, from 144 to 101.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Nikolai 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 3 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in Norway in 2004.

Nikolai'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	#1235	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#894	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1124	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1022	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#103	63	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#117	49	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#100	66	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#103	59	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#84	77	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#66	92	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#82	93	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#73	101	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#74	105	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#63	123	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#67	125	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#61	140	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#58	142	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#59	144	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#52	160	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#48	165	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#55	154	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#50	161	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#51	155	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#48	168	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#45	162	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#41	183	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#50	158	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#56	139	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#73	101	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#53	144	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#63	124	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#85	86	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#67	119	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#80	101	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#73	115	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#88	90	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#90	82	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#85	89	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#92	79	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#131	58	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#166	42	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#191	33	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#144	52	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#204	33	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#215	28	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#213	28	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#353	13	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#315	15	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#510	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#369	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#439	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#247	21	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#342	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#459	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#267	18	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#384	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#556	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#488	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#566	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#429	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#460	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#486	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#474	4	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#330	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#367	5	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#356	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#349	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #41, first reached in 2004.

It held a top-100 place in 32 years, 31 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 183 births, registered in Norway in 2004.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 58 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.

Nikol · #635, 21y
Nikola · #139, 52y
Nikolaos · #727, 27y
Nikolas · #177, 40y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Joachim · #41, 63y
Daire · #40, 60y
Katrine · #40, 64y
Cornelius · #39, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Carl · #41, 81y
Charles · #41, 81y
Kaja · #41, 68y
Ove · #41, 72y

Nikolai was ranked #41 in Norway · Boys in 2004. 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.

Nikolai 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 Nikolai without appearing here.

Nikolai moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1099 and #3227.
Anders Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1799 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1248 and #2857.
Tayla Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1799 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1248 and #2857.
Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2020 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1552 and #3036.

Moved ahead of Nikolai

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #848.
Kasper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1084 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1440 and #820.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1084 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1440 and #926.
Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1447 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1367 and #1086.

Moved the opposite way to Nikolai

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Nikolai went from #349 to #103 while Anders went from #64 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Nikolai went from #349 to #103 while Arild went from #27 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Nikolai went from #349 to #103 while Arne went from #5 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Nikolai went from #349 to #103 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Nikolai

Aksel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Nikolai went from #349 to #103 and Aksel from #171 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Nikolai went from #349 to #103 and Alfred from #142 to #26.
Colin Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Nikolai went from #349 to #103 and Colin from #326 to #119.
Daniel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Nikolai went from #349 to #103 and Daniel from #244 to #66.

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 3 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in Norway in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nikolai

Nikolai at a glance

What stands out in Nikolai's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nikolai across 3 official records

Nikolai by decade in Norway · Boys

Nikolai appears in

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Nikolai at a glance

What stands out in Nikolai's record

Nikolai across 3 official records

Nikolai by decade in Norway · Boys

Nikolai appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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