Nikko

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #1,315 for boys in 2025, 147 births
Given to boys 96.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1991 · 148 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,526
since 1972

Nikko over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Nikko has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #862, 1991boys
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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#1,315147
2024#1,275154
2023#1,098194
2022#15,3065#1,200166
2021#1,016216
2020#1,177163
2019#1,287144
2018#1,168164
2017#1,332135
2016#1,279142
2015#14,4826#1,198154
2014#1,245145
2013#1,192150
2012#16,8695#1,308131
2011#1,484109
2010#1,462112
2009#17,2945#1,60499
2008#1,66592
2007#17,6365#1,74185
2006#1,80876
2005#1,280121
2004#2,07557
2003#1,88562
2002#15,4325#1,58977
2001#1,54378
2000#1,57375
1999#1,60467
1998#1,51572
1997#13,7245#1,46873
1996#1,27886
1995#13,3865#1,15199
1994#988126
1993#1,000119
1992#890141
1991#8,5889#862148
1990#9,2478#898131
1989#10,8476#916123
1988#7,6919#1,34159
1987#11,3255
1986#4,8538
1985#5,1477
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1980#10,3925
1979#9,0106
1978#6,3859
1977#7,5677
1976#6,0489
1975#6,4848
1974#4,45913
1973#7,4356
1972#3,71416#4,9865
1971#4,81011
1970#5,8188
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five boys were named Nikko! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1982, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Nikko
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 40 spots since 2024 (#1,275#1,315)
  • 138 spots since 2020 (#1,177#1,315)
  • 117 spots since 2015 (#1,198#1,315)
  • Biggest jump: 425 spots in 1989 (#1,341#916)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1995 (#988#1,151)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 1991 at #862 (148 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1989–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,099
  • Highest: 1 in 8,099 boys born in 2021 were named Nikko (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,620 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #862 in 1991, was only 1 in 13,651 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.6% of all boys named Nikko (1,386) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#4,986 (1972)#4,986
1980s211#916 (1989)#3,777
1990s1,062#862 (1991)#1,165
2000s822#1,280 (2005)#1,676
2010s1,386#1,168 (2018)#1,296
2020s1,040#1,016 (2021)#1,180

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.

Nikko in 1991

girls
#8,588
9 births · 1 in 208,334 girls
boys
#862
148 births · 1 in 13,651 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #8,588Nikko9

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #862Nikko148
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 208,334 of them was named Nikko, which outranked 44.5% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nikko
  1. #7,987Zaynah10
  2. #7,987Zita10
  3. #7,987Zohra10
  4. #8,588Nikko9
  5. #8,588Adaline9
  6. #8,588Adama9
  7. #8,588Adelene9
  8. #9,336Aaisha8
  9. #9,336Aaryn8
  10. #9,336Abbigale8

Tied with 747 names at #8,588; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 13,651 of them was named Nikko, which outranked 91.1% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nikko
  1. #856Najee149
  2. #856Robbie149
  3. #856Virgil149
  4. #862Nikko148
  5. #862Alexandro148
  6. #862Cale148
  7. #862Codi148
  8. #867Edmund147
  9. #867Garrison147
  10. #867Jerald147

Tied with 4 names at #862; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991