Nico

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · #174 for boys in 2025, 2,066 births
Given to boys 95.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 2,066 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,294
since 1960

Nico over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Nico has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,54630#1742,066
2024#4,11435#2111,686
2023#4,19134#2401,468
2022#4,37832#2371,474
2021#4,09035#2591,359
2020#3,91536#3181,045
2019#3,49944#355929
2018#4,23733#382844
2017#3,84839#412755
2016#4,53131#496611
2015#3,98937#464652
2014#4,00337#454651
2013#4,75529#487567
2012#5,55724#523501
2011#4,07236#494530
2010#3,74541#593422
2009#3,56145#583452
2008#3,93640#662366
2007#5,89523#683348
2006#7,48216#665342
2005#4,95826#739273
2004#5,06225#694282
2003#5,79520#752238
2002#7,44414#714248
2001#13,5216#840193
2000#842190
1999#9,4799#780202
1998#8,58410#888164
1997#5,62617#878158
1996#871158
1995#9,5538#772193
1994#13,4305#737203
1993#11,7806#696221
1992#10,4797#611283
1991#8,5889#634259
1990#8,5019#618266
1989#8,7618#545315
1988#11,7985#98796
1987#4,23910
1986#10,9125#4,13010
1985#3,80511
1984#2,61318
1983#10,2755#2,78716
1982#3,69211
1981#10,4115#3,60111
1980#7,4188#3,61511
1979#3,56911
1978#3,07013
1977#7,5677#2,36119
1976#5,21511#2,41718
1975#4,85412#3,42810
1974#6,2588#3,5589
1973#3,48118#2,71613
1972#3,89415#2,53414
1971#3,06222#2,46415
1970#3,31119#2,73912
1969#3,19918#2,68211
1968#5,6427#2,73510
1967#5,4577#3,2317
1966#3,5376
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five boys were named Nico! It came in at #3,665, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#211#174)
  • 144 spots since 2020 (#318#174)
  • 290 spots since 2015 (#464#174)
  • Biggest jump: 3,252 spots in 1988 (#4,239#987)
  • Biggest drop: 99 spots in 1996 (#772#871)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 2025 at #174 (2,066 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1988–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 827
  • Highest: 1 in 827 boys born in 2025 were named Nico (0.12%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 42.7% of all boys named Nico (9,098) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s52#2,414 (1963)#3,044
1970s134#2,361 (1977)#2,886
1980s509#545 (1989)#3,001
1990s2,107#611 (1992)#749
2000s2,932#583 (2009)#717
2010s6,462#355 (2019)#466
2020s9,098#174 (2025)#240

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Nico in 1997

girls
#5,626
17 births · 1 in 102,395 girls
boys
#878
158 births · 1 in 11,931 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #5,626Nico17

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #878Nico158
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 102,395 of them was named Nico, which outranked 65.2% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nico
  1. #5,417Yer18
  2. #5,417Yisel18
  3. #5,417Yoseline18
  4. #5,626Nico17
  5. #5,626Adi17
  6. #5,626Adriann17
  7. #5,626Aija17
  8. #5,868Aalayah16
  9. #5,868Acadia16
  10. #5,868Adaline16

Tied with 241 names at #5,626; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 11,931 of them was named Nico, which outranked 91.9% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nico
  1. #873Edgardo159
  2. #873Giovanny159
  3. #873Mikel159
  4. #878Nico158
  5. #878Andreas158
  6. #878Armand158
  7. #878Draven158
  8. #885Ronaldo157
  9. #886Devonta156
  10. #886Grady156

Tied with 6 names at #878; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997