Niko
- #6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births
- #325 for boys in 2025, 1,046 births
- Given to boys 96.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 1,192 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,629since 1962
Niko over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Niko has never cracked the top 200 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 | #6,116 | 19 | #325 | 1,046 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #344 | 1,004 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #320 | 1,037 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #287 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #290 | 1,173 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #358 | 870 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #415 | 743 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #517 | 549 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #549 | 507 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #612 | 439 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #629 | 425 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #618 | 432 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #586 | 433 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | #683 | 346 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #747 | 303 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #788 | 278 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #812 | 273 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #829 | 264 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #912 | 217 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #976 | 190 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #1,035 | 162 |
| 2004 | — | #957 | 175 | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #926 | 177 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #994 | 158 |
| 2001 | — | #936 | 166 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,038 | 140 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #1,086 | 123 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #948 | 148 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #922 | 147 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #902 | 146 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #833 | 166 |
| 1994 | — | #858 | 156 | |
| 1993 | — | #901 | 142 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #890 | 141 |
| 1991 | — | #787 | 170 | |
| 1990 | — | #776 | 171 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #846 | 141 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,164 | 75 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #3,673 | 6 |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five boys were named Niko! It came in at #4,033, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1967, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Niko 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
- Alaska#110 · 1 in 325
- Delaware#126 · 1 in 368
- New Mexico#134 · 1 in 464
- Connecticut#197 · 1 in 777
- California#201 · 1 in 949
Best ever in a state: #110 in Alaska, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #110 | 7 | 1 in 325 |
| Delaware | #126 | 8 | 1 in 368 |
| New Mexico | #134 | 14 | 1 in 464 |
| Connecticut | #197 | 17 | 1 in 777 |
| California | #201 | 185 | 1 in 949 |
| Nevada | #213 | 14 | 1 in 807 |
| Hawaii | #214 | 5 | 1 in 584 |
| Oregon | #220 | 19 | 1 in 793 |
| Massachusetts | #238 | 25 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Washington | #246 | 31 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Pennsylvania | #255 | 46 | 1 in 1,136 |
| Colorado | #262 | 25 | 1 in 1,074 |
| Michigan | #270 | 37 | 1 in 1,086 |
| New York | #275 | 68 | 1 in 1,242 |
| Ohio | #287 | 42 | 1 in 1,251 |
| Arizona | #295 | 26 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Kansas | #297 | 12 | 1 in 1,171 |
| Florida | #307 | 63 | 1 in 1,516 |
| Louisiana | #314 | 16 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Minnesota | #314 | 19 | 1 in 1,289 |
| Wisconsin | #317 | 17 | 1 in 1,378 |
| South Carolina | #327 | 16 | 1 in 1,325 |
| Idaho | #332 | 7 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Arkansas | #353 | 9 | 1 in 1,398 |
| Illinois | #375 | 28 | 1 in 1,770 |
| North Carolina | #381 | 29 | 1 in 1,775 |
| Georgia | #386 | 30 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Missouri | #392 | 16 | 1 in 1,738 |
| Texas | #403 | 88 | 1 in 1,989 |
| Utah | #409 | 11 | 1 in 1,788 |
| Tennessee | #410 | 19 | 1 in 1,935 |
| Iowa | #448 | 7 | 1 in 1,976 |
| Kentucky | #450 | 10 | 1 in 2,054 |
| Indiana | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,111 |
| New Jersey | #469 | 16 | 1 in 2,485 |
| Virginia | #497 | 15 | 1 in 2,484 |
| Maryland | #516 | 9 | 1 in 2,544 |
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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 Niko
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 33 spots since 2020 (#358 → #325)
- Biggest jump: 318 spots in 1989
- Biggest drop: 138 spots in 1999
Rise & fade · boys
60 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 2022 at #287 (1,192 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 2006–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,465
- Highest: 1 in 1,465 boys born in 2022 were named Niko (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,633 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 43.2% of all boys named Niko (6,322) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21 | #3,673 (1968) | #4,015 |
| 1970s | 86 | #2,405 (1973) | #3,719 |
| 1980s | 313 | #846 (1989) | #3,321 |
| 1990s | 1,510 | #776 (1990) | #890 |
| 2000s | 1,922 | #812 (2009) | #942 |
| 2010s | 4,455 | #415 (2019) | #614 |
| 2020s | 6,322 | #287 (2022) | #321 |
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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