Mikolaj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mee-KOH-wy
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,162 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Mikolaj is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Mikolaj mean?
Greek: Polish form of Nicholas
“victory of the people”
Polish form of Nicholas, properly spelled Mikołaj; the astronomer Copernicus was Mikołaj Kopernik in Polish.
Is Mikolaj a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikolaj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikolaj in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Mikolaj, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 492nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 169 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mikolaj in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.
Mikolaj in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 47 | #779 |
| 2022 | 52 | #722 |
| 2021 | 75 | #577 |
| 2020 | 87 | #492 |
| 2019 | 93 | #486 |
| 2018 | 109 | #429 |
| 2017 | 129 | #394 |
| 2016 | 169 | #325 |
| 2015 | 137 | #372 |
| 2014 | 101 | #450 |
| 2013 | 104 | #441 |
| 2012 | 112 | #411 |
| 2011 | 118 | #386 |
| 2010 | 151 | #329 |
| 2009 | 92 | #450 |
| 2008 | 89 | #461 |
| 2007 | 59 | #577 |
| 2006 | 31 | #880 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
How popular is Mikolaj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Mikolaj, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had more boys named Mikolaj than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Mikolaj in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mikolaj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
Names like Mikolaj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nikodem Chidubem Luca Muhammad Munachimso Kobe Tobechukwu Maximus Yusuf Bodhi Ayomide Obi
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mikolaj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikolaj, updated 20 October 2026.