Nicos

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Nicos has been given to 36 babies in the U.S. since 1984. 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 1991, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Nicos, 2006

1 in 791,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nicos: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nicos means

Nicos is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Nicos is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 36 boys were recorded with the name Nicos between 1984 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1991; its best national rank was #6,281 in 1985.

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 Nicos?

Nicos had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 791,000; 5 of 3,956,166 births
Among boys only: 1 in 411,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 548,442 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nicos 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 2006 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 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nicos. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nicoss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nicos was born before 1991 — so the typical Nicos is around 34 today.

Median birth year: 1991; About 34 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 38.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 36; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 38.9% of all recorded uses (14).

Is Nicos 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 1991 (8)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,281; 1985

Spellings of Nicos

Nicos is not the most common spelling — Nicolas is, with 43.4% against Nicos's 0.02%.

Nicolas43.4%101,585
Nick21.6%50,457
Nico9.1%21,294
Niko6.3%14,629
Rico4.2%9,926
Nicky3.2%7,475
Nixon3.2%7,389
Niles1.9%4,455

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.

Nicos around the world

Where Nicos 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
1996–2016
#4,810
in 2016
South Australia
1954–1991
#481
in 1991

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nicos 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: #6,281; 1985
Peak year: 1991; 8 that year
First recorded: 1984
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 36
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Nicos

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

Nicol Pecos Nicko Nickan Nichol Nicho Niclas Nicklus Nickali Nickai Nicoy Nickon Nickoy Nickles Nickita Nicki Nicco Nicolos Nic Nichoas Nicolino Nickalis Nicasio Nichlaus

Sibling names for Nicos

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

Shaniqua Devan Chanelle Ileana Amberly Iesha Elvia Kacy

For a brother

Shay Jamil Laron Paris Dejuan Coty Malcom German

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