Nikodem is a distinctive choice, ranked #522 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Nikodem in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#522
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About the Name Nikodem
Nikodem is steadily gaining in popularity, up 50 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #331 in 2023, and it currently sits at #360. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2004.
Nikodem is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Nikodem in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Nikodem
Nikodem Sujecki — Nikodem Sujecki is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for IV liga Łódź club KS Kutno.
Nikodem Fiedosewicz — Nikodem Fiedosewicz is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left midfielder for III liga club Błękitni Stargard.
Andrzej Nikodem — Andrzej Nikodem is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Nikodem
Unlikely. With around 74 UK babies named Nikodem per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Nikodem in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Nikodem is declining: down 112 places since 2020, to #522 in 2025. It peaked at #331 in 2023.
Nikodem is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Nikodem include: Nikodem Sujecki, Nikodem Fiedosewicz and Andrzej Nikodem. Short summaries for each appear below.
Nikodem does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Nikodems in the wild.
74
UK babies named Nikodem (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 112 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Nikodem
Almost certainly the only Nikodem in the class
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UK Popularity (2004–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Nikodem
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Nikodem Janusz Popławski is a Polish theoretical physicist, most widely noted for the hypothesis that every black hole could be a doorway to another universe and that the universe was formed within a black hole which itself exists in a larger universe.
Vera Marie Nikodem was a Czechoslovak-American molecular biologist who served as a section chief at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.