# Nico (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nico/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈniːkoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,322 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,294 / 1,028 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,022, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Nick + -o.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 4,133 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,674 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,850 |
| 2014 | 37 | 4,085 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,050 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,604 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,899 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,319 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,538 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,984 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4,151 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,441 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,258 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,188 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,633 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 530 | 494 |
| 2012 | 501 | 524 |
| 2013 | 567 | 487 |
| 2014 | 651 | 454 |
| 2015 | 652 | 464 |
| 2016 | 611 | 497 |
| 2017 | 755 | 412 |
| 2018 | 844 | 382 |
| 2019 | 929 | 356 |
| 2020 | 1,045 | 318 |
| 2021 | 1,359 | 259 |
| 2022 | 1,474 | 237 |
| 2023 | 1,468 | 240 |
| 2024 | 1,686 | 212 |
| 2025 | 2,066 | 174 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 114 | 364 |
| 2012 | 125 | 349 |
| 2013 | 127 | 329 |
| 2014 | 161 | 287 |
| 2015 | 167 | 287 |
| 2016 | 141 | 335 |
| 2017 | 171 | 292 |
| 2018 | 190 | 267 |
| 2019 | 193 | 254 |
| 2020 | 210 | 232 |
| 2021 | 247 | 214 |
| 2022 | 272 | 188 |
| 2023 | 269 | 187 |
| 2024 | 276 | 183 |
| 2025 | 306 | 165 |

## People named Nico

- Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-born American physicist
- Nico Rosberg, German–Finnish former Formula 1 racing driver
- Nico Hülkenberg, Formula One racing driver
- Nico Schlotterbeck, German association football player
- Nicolás González, Argentine association football player (born 1998)
- Nico O'Reilly, English footballer (born 2005)
- Nico Schulz, German association football player
- Nico Parker, British actress
- Nico Van Kerckhoven, Belgian association football player
- Nico Tortorella, American actor
- Nico Denz, German cyclist
- Nicolas Dewalque, Belgian association football player

## 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.