Neiko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NEE-koh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Neiko is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Neiko mean?
Greek: spelling of Niko, a short form of Nicholas
“victory of the people”
A spelling of Niko, short for Nikolaos, the Greek original of Nicholas.
Is Neiko a girl's or a boy's name?
Neiko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neiko in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 boys.
Neiko in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Neiko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Neiko, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Neiko in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,333 boys in the US were given Neiko or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #119, up from #4,049 for this spelling alone.
Neiko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
Nicknames for Neiko
- Nik 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Neiko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Loki Shko Yug Minh Rumi Guto Kenzo Yoan Yitzchok Yusuf Taio
Other spellings of Neiko
Names related to Neiko
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, “Neiko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neiko, updated 20 October 2026.