girls:
470 births since 1968
#5246 (8th percentile)
boys:
12.6k births since 1962
#1030 (78th percentile)
overall:
13k births since 1962
#2303 (70th percentile)
The name Niko is the #2,303 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,037 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 70.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,030 (77.5% percentile) for all time with 12,567 births since 1962. For girls, it ranks #5,246 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 470 births since 1968.
Niko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Niko is available in 58 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023 (57 years for boys and 43 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 Niko has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Niko reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 70.6% percentile (ranked #272) with 636 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 636 births per million (ranked 70.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Niko ranks #304 for boys (66.7% percentile) with 564 births per million, which is 88.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Niko reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #725) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Niko ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 56.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Niko".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Niko", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 14 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Nico" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Nico..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Niko. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.0% confident that Niko is pronounced as NEE-koh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NIH-koh, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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