Chico
Last seen for boys in 2020 at #9,554
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 56 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 951since 1922
Chico over time
Rank among boys' names. Chico has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #1,177 | 56 |
| 1976 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #1,455 | 37 |
| 1974 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #1,979 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | — | |
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| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
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| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
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| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
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| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
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| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
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| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Chico! It came in at #4,307, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1925, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chico is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#399 · 1 in 3,447
- North Carolina#465 · 1 in 5,500
- Alabama#472 · 1 in 5,360
Best ever in a state: #317 in Mississippi, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #399 | 6 | 1 in 3,447 |
| North Carolina | #465 | 7 | 1 in 5,500 |
| Alabama | #472 | 5 | 1 in 5,360 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chico
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1977 at #1,177 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,343 boys born in 1977 were named Chico (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,582 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 33.6% of all boys named Chico (320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #3,708 (1926) | #4,008 |
| 1930s | 21 | #2,864 (1931) | #3,135 |
| 1940s | 26 | #2,940 (1942) | #3,061 |
| 1950s | 108 | #1,766 (1958) | #2,453 |
| 1960s | 105 | #2,139 (1967) | #2,690 |
| 1970s | 320 | #1,177 (1977) | #1,714 |
| 1980s | 147 | #1,910 (1980) | #3,421 |
| 1990s | 116 | #3,779 (1990) | #5,113 |
| 2000s | 78 | #4,676 (2001) | #8,253 |
| 2010s | 12 | #9,709 (2012) | #10,927 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,554 (2020) | #9,554 |
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.
Chico in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 29,343 of them was named Chico, which outranked 82.8% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,158Romeo57
- #1,158Sky57
- #1,158Stephanie57
- #1,177Chico56
- #1,177Alexandro56
- #1,177Carnell56
- #1,177Hasan56
- #1,187Conan55
- #1,187Delmar55
- #1,187Dustan55
Tied with 9 names at #1,177; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.