Nicko
- Last seen for girls in 1972 at #5,959
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 97.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1989 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 291since 1981
Nicko over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nicko has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
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| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
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| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
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| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
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| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
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| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1981
The first year at least five boys were named Nicko! It came in at #5,468, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1987, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Nicko is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nicko in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nicko
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 891 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 1989 at #2,545 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 80,037
- Highest: 1 in 80,037 boys born in 1989 were named Nicko (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 35.1% of all boys named Nicko (102) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 39 | #2,545 (1989) | #4,404 |
| 1990s | 102 | #3,459 (1992) | #5,369 |
| 2000s | 49 | #6,013 (2001) | #8,380 |
| 2010s | 67 | #7,095 (2017) | #8,868 |
| 2020s | 34 | #6,828 (2022) | #8,851 |
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.
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