Biko

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Biko has been given to 30 babies in the U.S. since 1978. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1989, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Biko, 1989

1 in 320,000

Biko over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Biko: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Biko means

Biko is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Biko is used in Japanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 30 boys were recorded with the name Biko between 1978 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1989; its best national rank was #4,286 in 1989.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Biko?

Biko had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1989, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1989: 1 in 320,000; 12 of 3,842,268 births
Among boys only: 1 in 167,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1989: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 221,939 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Biko sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1989 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 221,939 children born in 1989 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Biko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bikos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Biko was born before 1988 — so the typical Biko is around 37 today.

Median birth year: 1988; About 37 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 83.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 30; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 83.3% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Biko rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1989 (12)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 44.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,286; 1989

Spellings of Biko

Biko is not the most common spelling — Mike is, with 37.0% against Biko's <0.01%.

Mike37.0%205,861
Bill28.8%160,474
Milo7.9%43,847
Nico3.8%21,294
Vito2.7%15,052
Bo2.7%14,984
Niko2.6%14,629
Gino2.4%13,145

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Biko by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,286; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 12 that year
First recorded: 1978
Last recorded: 1989
All-time count: 30
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Biko

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Maiko Yeiko Aiko Jeiko Ziko Aniko Keiko Tiko Liko Kiko Seiko Bikram Heiko Riko Iniko Reiko Amiko Kniko Demiko Tamiko Kaliko Deniko Jeriko Miko

Sibling names for Biko

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Stephani Ashli Felisha Jalisa Chantelle Leandra Lissette Kala

For a brother

Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Lauren Hakeem Demario Jerrell Arron

Explore around Biko

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