# Nikos (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nikos/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 882 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 882 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 101, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,462 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,427 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,841 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,489 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,506 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,892 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,710 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,711 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,498 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,533 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,888 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,367 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,609 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,101 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7,076 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Nikos

- Nikos Anastasiades, Cypriot politician, 7th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2013–2023)
- Nikos Sampson, Cypriot politician (1935-2001)
- Nikos Salingaros, Australian academic
- Nikos Panayiotou, Cypriot footballer
- Nikos Katsavakis, footballer
- Nicos Christodoulides, Cypriot politician, 8th and current President of Cyprus (2023–)

## 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.