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How popular is “Nicholai” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nicholai” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nicholai” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nicholai” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nicholai” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nicholai” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nicholai” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nicholai” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 -100%
2002 19 0.000005083 19 -100%
2003 24 0.000006312 24 -100%
2004 28 0.000007328 28 -100%
2005 34 0.000008843 34 -100%
2006 46 0.000011627 46 -100%
2007 36 0.000009005 36 -100%
2008 47 0.000011957 47 -100%
2009 38 0.000009947 38 -100%
2010 50 0.000013529 50 -100%
2011 45 0.000012303 45 -100%
2012 39 0.000010663 39 -100%
2013 47 0.000012892 47 -100%
2014 29 0.000007824 29 -100%
2015 38 0.000010268 38 -100%
2016 33 0.000008995 33 -100%
2017 51 0.000014261 51 -100%
2018 30 0.000008533 30 -100%
2019 29 0.000008355 29 -100%
2020 25 0.000007484 25 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 -100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 -100%

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