Niccolo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nee-ko-LOH
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,035 for boys
Niccolo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Niccolo mean?
Greek: Italian form of Nicholas
“victory of the people”
Borne by Niccolo Machiavelli, the Florentine author of The Prince, and by the violinist Niccolo Paganini.
Is Niccolo a girl's or a boy's name?
Niccolo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niccolo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Niccolo, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Niccolo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Niccolo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
- Niccolo 14
- Nicolo 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Niccolo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Niccolo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,035th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Niccolo, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had fewer boys named Niccolo than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Niccolo in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 87 boys in the US were given Niccolo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,611, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.
- Nicolo 47
- Niccolo 40
Niccolo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
Nicknames for Niccolo
- Nico 380 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Niccolo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nico, Luca, Enzo, Theo, Matteo, Arlo, Hugo, Lorenzo, Noah, Milo, Lucas, Leonardo
Other spellings of Niccolo
Names related to Niccolo
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey
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, “Niccolo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niccolo, updated 20 October 2026.