Nicholi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NIK-uh-lee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Nicholi is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Nicholi mean?
Greek: variant of Nicholas, resembling the Russian form Nikolai
“victory of the people”
Variant of Nicholas, from the Greek Nikolaos, with an ending like the Russian Nikolai.
Is Nicholi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nicholi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nicholi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Nicholi, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Nicholi in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nicholi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Nicknames for Nicholi
- Nick 14 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Nicholi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Malachi, Nikolai, Nico, Levi, Giovanni, Eli, Jamari, Amari, Kamari, Noah, Gianni, Dimitri
Names related to Nicholi
Nicolai, Nicola, Niccolo, Nicolo, Nicholai, Nikoli, Nickolai, Nicolae
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nicholi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nicholi, updated 20 October 2026.