girls:
963 births since 1967
#4753 (17th percentile)
boys:
17.5k births since 1960
#867 (81st percentile)
overall:
18.5k births since 1960
#1885 (76th percentile)
The name Nico is the #1,885 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 18,485 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 75.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #867 (81.1% percentile) for all time with 17,522 births since 1960. For girls, it ranks #4,753 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 963 births since 1967.
Nico first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (1960 for boys and 1967 for girls). Birth data for Nico is available in 60 out of the 64 years between 1960 and 2023 (60 years for boys and 49 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 Nico has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Nico reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 75.6% percentile (ranked #226) with 786 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 798 births per million (ranked 74.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nico is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #235 (74.3% percentile) with 798 births per million.
For girls, Nico reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #919) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Nico ranks #918 for girls (3.1% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 81.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nico".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Nico. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.8% confident that Nico is pronounced as NEE-koh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NIH-koh, at 18.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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