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Nikko

#1,319 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Nikko has been given to 4,702 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #1,319 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 216 recorded.

Babies named Nikko, 2025

1 in 22,600

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nikko: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nikko means

Nikko is a given name.

The naming story behind Nikko

Wikidata records Nikko as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q63952844, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,526 boys were recorded with the name Nikko between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 216 in 2021; its best national rank was #862 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,187 in 2020 to #1,319 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,203 in 2015 to #1,319 in 2025.

In the United States, 176 girls were recorded with the name Nikko between 1970 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1972; its best national rank was #3,835 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.

How common is Nikko?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 22,600
147 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,319
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,633 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nikko 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,633 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nikko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nikkos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nikko was born before 2011 — so the typical Nikko is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
30.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
70.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,526
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 30.6% of all recorded uses (1,386).

Is Nikko 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
−37
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−132
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−116
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.95×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
68.1%
Peak was 2021 (216)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#862
1991

Spellings of Nikko

Nikko is not the most common spelling — Nick is, with 46.4% against Nikko's 4.2%.

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 Nikko is used

Across 2016–2025, Nikko was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 5,556 boys, against 1 in 12,650 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

118 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 5,556
  2. 2Colorado1 in 8,333
  3. 3Illinois1 in 10,000
  4. 4Arizona1 in 11,111
  5. 5Texas1 in 11,111
  6. 6Michigan1 in 12,500
  7. 7New Mexico1 in 12,500
  8. 8Washington1 in 12,500

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.

Nikko around the world

Where Nikko 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
    2011–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Nikko

People whose public names include Nikko, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Nikko by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,319
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 132
Best rank ever
#862
1991
Peak year
2021
216 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,526
Count in 2025
147

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,835
1972
Peak year
1972
16 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
176
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nikko

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

NikhilNikolaNikitaNikosNiklasNikoNiklausNikolaiNikoliNikolausNikkiMikkoNikolaosNikolasNikaiNikanNikolayNikiaNikkolasNikNikodemNikoaNikiNikoloz

Names with a curve like Nikko

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Nikko, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AvrahamIsmailEliyahuTorinTzviJerichoYitzchokShlomoYakovEverShimonRami

Sibling names for Nikko

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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