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
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,294since 1960
Nico over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nico has never cracked the top 100 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 | #4,546 | 30 | #174 | 2,066 |
| 2024 | #4,114 | 35 | #211 | 1,686 |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 | #240 | 1,468 |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | #237 | 1,474 |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | #259 | 1,359 |
| 2020 | #3,915 | 36 | #318 | 1,045 |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 | #355 | 929 |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | #382 | 844 |
| 2017 | #3,848 | 39 | #412 | 755 |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #496 | 611 |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | #464 | 652 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 | #454 | 651 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #487 | 567 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | #523 | 501 |
| 2011 | #4,072 | 36 | #494 | 530 |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | #593 | 422 |
| 2009 | #3,561 | 45 | #583 | 452 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | #662 | 366 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | #683 | 348 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #665 | 342 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #739 | 273 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #694 | 282 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | #752 | 238 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #714 | 248 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #840 | 193 |
| 2000 | — | #842 | 190 | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #780 | 202 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #888 | 164 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #878 | 158 |
| 1996 | — | #871 | 158 | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #772 | 193 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #737 | 203 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #696 | 221 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #611 | 283 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #634 | 259 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #618 | 266 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #545 | 315 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #987 | 96 |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
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| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
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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.
Where Nico is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- District of Columbia#49 · 1 in 168
- New Jersey#71 · 1 in 321
- Connecticut#87 · 1 in 330
- Rhode Island#90 · 1 in 260
- Vermont#102 · 1 in 242
Best ever in a state: #49 in District of Columbia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #49 | 15 | 1 in 168 |
| New Jersey | #71 | 124 | 1 in 321 |
| Connecticut | #87 | 40 | 1 in 330 |
| Rhode Island | #90 | 12 | 1 in 260 |
| Vermont | #102 | 5 | 1 in 242 |
| Hawaii | #104 | 9 | 1 in 324 |
| Pennsylvania | #106 | 120 | 1 in 435 |
| New York | #107 | 165 | 1 in 512 |
| Massachusetts | #109 | 65 | 1 in 416 |
| California | #121 | 328 | 1 in 535 |
| Oregon | #135 | 30 | 1 in 502 |
| Delaware | #142 | 7 | 1 in 421 |
| Utah | #151 | 35 | 1 in 562 |
| Illinois | #155 | 76 | 1 in 652 |
| Nevada | #160 | 19 | 1 in 594 |
| Alaska | #165 | 5 | 1 in 454 |
| Colorado | #165 | 43 | 1 in 624 |
| Ohio | #167 | 80 | 1 in 657 |
| Michigan | #169 | 59 | 1 in 681 |
| Washington | #172 | 50 | 1 in 656 |
| Idaho | #173 | 15 | 1 in 575 |
| Florida | #184 | 120 | 1 in 796 |
| New Hampshire | #188 | 7 | 1 in 643 |
| New Mexico | #193 | 10 | 1 in 650 |
| Arizona | #203 | 41 | 1 in 798 |
| Kansas | #205 | 19 | 1 in 739 |
| Maryland | #208 | 28 | 1 in 818 |
| South Carolina | #224 | 25 | 1 in 848 |
| Virginia | #225 | 39 | 1 in 955 |
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| Minnesota | #231 | 27 | 1 in 907 |
| Iowa | #232 | 17 | 1 in 813 |
| Maine | #234 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| Texas | #239 | 164 | 1 in 1,067 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Tennessee | #273 | 32 | 1 in 1,149 |
| North Carolina | #276 | 44 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Wisconsin | #285 | 20 | 1 in 1,172 |
| Indiana | #292 | 27 | 1 in 1,173 |
| Missouri | #302 | 22 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Kentucky | #345 | 14 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Alabama | #360 | 15 | 1 in 1,435 |
| Louisiana | #376 | 13 | 1 in 1,472 |
| Oklahoma | #376 | 12 | 1 in 1,473 |
| Nebraska | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,470 |
| Georgia | #393 | 29 | 1 in 1,732 |
| Arkansas | #444 | 7 | 1 in 1,798 |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Nico
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 144 spots since 2020 (#318 → #174)
- Biggest jump: 3,252 spots in 1988
- Biggest drop: 99 spots in 1996
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52 | #2,414 (1963) | #3,044 |
| 1970s | 134 | #2,361 (1977) | #2,886 |
| 1980s | 509 | #545 (1989) | #3,001 |
| 1990s | 2,107 | #611 (1992) | #749 |
| 2000s | 2,932 | #583 (2009) | #717 |
| 2010s | 6,462 | #355 (2019) | #466 |
| 2020s | 9,098 | #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.
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