Iniko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-NEE-koh
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Iniko is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Iniko come from?
Often said to be Nigerian, possibly Efik or Ibibio
Is Iniko a girl's or a boy's name?
Iniko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iniko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Iniko, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Iniko in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iniko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Iniko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Tru, Mikko, Kenzo, Zuko, Hiro, Yug, Kato, Akio, Kota, Loki, Dakota
Names related to Iniko
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, “Iniko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iniko, updated 20 October 2026.