girls:
18 births since 1971
#5698 (0th percentile)
boys:
138 births since 1970
#4448 (3rd percentile)
overall:
156 births since 1970
#7583 (2nd percentile)
The name Mico is the #7,583 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 156 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,448 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 138 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,698 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1971.
Mico first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1971 for girls). Birth data for Mico is available in 24 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (21 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mico has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Mico were boys.
For boys, Mico reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mico is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #907 (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million.
For girls, Mico reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #766) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1977.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mico".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mico. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.6% confident that Mico is pronounced as MEE-koh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-koh, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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