Liko

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Liko has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 2004. 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 2004, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Liko, 2019

1 in 694,000

Liko 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Liko: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Liko means

Liko is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Liko is used in Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 boys were recorded with the name Liko between 2004 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2004; its best national rank was #9,546 in 2004.

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 Liko?

Liko had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019: 1 in 694,000; 5 of 3,472,229 births
Among boys only: 1 in 359,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2019: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 481,354 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Liko 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 2019 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 481,354 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Liko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Likos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Liko was born before 2007 — so the typical Liko is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Liko 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 2004 (7)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #9,546; 2004

Spellings of Liko

Liko is not the most common spelling — Liam is, with 26.0% against Liko's <0.01%.

Liam26.0%358,536
Luke23.4%323,020
Leo18.8%259,988
Mike14.9%205,861
Milo3.2%43,847
Luka2.1%28,959
Nico1.5%21,294
Vito1.1%15,052

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.

Liko 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: #9,546; 2004
Peak year: 2004; 7 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 22
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Liko

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

Jeiko Ziko Keiko Like Maiko Yeiko Aiko Biko Aniko Tiko Kiko Heiko Seiko Reiko Amiko Kniko Riko Iniko Demiko Deniko Eniko Tamiko Emiko Kaiko

Sibling names for Liko

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

Iyanna Charlize Jasmyn Kya Elyssa Shreya Anastacia Jaci

For a brother

Kadin Alexandro Reagan Braulio Alexandre Johnpaul Mikel Rohan

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