# Chico (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chico/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 951 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 951 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 14 | 4,483 |
| 1998 | 15 | 4,450 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,112 |
| 2000 | 9 | 6,932 |
| 2001 | 16 | 4,709 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,577 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6,814 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,104 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,744 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8,868 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,688 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,132 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9,893 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,507 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,759 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Chico

- Chico Marx, American comedian (1887–1961)
- Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and environmentalist (1944–1988)
- Chico Hamilton, American musician (1921–2013)
- Chico Serra, Brazilian racing driver
- Chico Anysio, Brazilian actor and comedian (1931–2012)
- Chico Borja, American soccer player-coach
- Chico César, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Chico O'Farrill, Cuban composer and musician
- Chico Whitaker, Brazilian architect, politician and activist
- Chico Maki, Canadian ice hockey player (1939–2015)
- Chico Benymon, American actor
- Chico Díaz, Brazilian actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.