first name
NIKOLAY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,746 people named Nikolay, 96.8% reported their origin as White and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nikolay peaked in 2010, when 32 babies got the name.
At least 507 babies have been given the name since 1992. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Nikolay by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #9,981. The largest share of babies named Nikolay, 48.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Exactly as common as Nikolay
2 other first names also have 4,746 people.
Either side of Nikolay
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nikolay, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nikolay ranks #149,446 of 156,621, with 110 people. See Nikolay as a last name
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