Meaning and history
Nikolai is an alternative transcription of the Russian and Bulgarian Николай, also rendered Nikolay.
20062006: 163 births, rank #1,081
2007: 208 births, rank #949
2008: 231 births, rank #899
2009: 299 births, rank #760
2010: 313 births, rank #732
20112011: 365 births, rank #640
2012: 421 births, rank #601
2013: 436 births, rank #585
2014: 516 births, rank #539
2015: 629 births, rank #474
20162016: 639 births, rank #480
2017: 573 births, rank #507
2018: 614 births, rank #473
2019: 554 births, rank #514
2020: 521 births, rank #545
20212021: 622 births, rank #480
2022: 491 births, rank #582
2023: 470 births, rank #602
2024: 484 births, rank #593
20252025: 469 births, rank #605
Nikolai moved from #594 to #605 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2016, with 639 births.