Neeko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NEE-koh
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Neeko is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Neeko mean?
Greek: phonetic spelling of Niko (Nicholas)
“victory of the people”
A spelling of Niko, a pet form of Nikolaos, the Greek source of Nicholas.
Is Neeko a girl's or a boy's name?
Neeko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neeko in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Neeko, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7 boys.
In 2025, 449 boys in the UK were given Neeko or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #141, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Neeko in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
How popular is Neeko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Neeko, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had fewer boys named Neeko than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Neeko in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,333 boys in the US were given Neeko or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #119, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Neeko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Neeko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Yusuf Kenzo Loki Shko Yunus Guto Neo Ruairi Yug Rumi Koa
Other spellings of Neeko
Names related to Neeko
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Neeko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neeko, updated 20 October 2026.