Chico
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Portuguese
Chico is a boys' name of Portuguese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chico mean?
Portuguese
A diminutive of the male given name Francisco, from Portuguese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Chico a girl's or a boy's name?
Chico is a boys' name.
How popular is Chico in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 56 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Chico in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chico in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,177 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,190 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,546 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Chico
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kwame Marco Pedro Paolo Pablo Tobin Christopher Carlos Osvaldo Marcus Eduardo Chaim
Names related to Chico
More Portuguese names
Zaire Lua Vasco Romario Sereia Luar Diogo Evora Brazil Aires Mariaalice Marques Tavares Anajulia Tavaris Joia
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chico: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chico, updated 20 October 2026.