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Nicko

#10,373 in 2025Boys' name

Nick with the suffix -o

Nicko has been given to 299 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #10,373 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 25 recorded.

Babies named Nicko, 2025

1 in 474,000

Nicko over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nicko: meaning, origin, and history

Nick with the suffix -o

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nicko means

Nicko is formed from Nick with the suffix -o.

Origin, language, and formation

Nicko is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nick and Nicholas.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Nicko is pronounced /ˈnɪkoʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 291 boys were recorded with the name Nicko between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1989; its best national rank was #2,585 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,574 in 2020 to #10,373 in 2025.

In the United States, 8 girls were recorded with the name Nicko between 1972 and 1972. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1972; its best national rank was #6,379 in 1972.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Nicko?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#10,373
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nicko 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 2025 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nicko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nickos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nicko was born before 2001 — so the typical Nicko is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
35.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
51.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
291
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 35.1% of all recorded uses (102).

Is Nicko 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,201
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
28.0%
Peak was 1989 (25)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,585
1989

Spellings of Nicko

Nicko is not the most common spelling — Ricky is, with 47.8% against Nicko's 0.06%.

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.

Where Nicko is used

Across 1910–2025, Nicko was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,708,697 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nicko has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nicko around the world

Where Nicko ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2010–2010
    #3,865
    in 2010
  • France
    2000–2000
    #4,409
    in 2000
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1970–1999
    #539
    in 1999

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nicko by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,373
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,201
Best rank ever
#2,585
1989
Peak year
1989
25 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
291
Count in 2025
7

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,379
1972
Peak year
1972
8 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
1972
All-time count
8
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nicko

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

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Sibling names for Nicko

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

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