Nicko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NEE-koh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Nicko is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Nicko mean?
Greek: spelling of Niko; short form of Nikolaos and Nikola
“victory of the people”
A short form of Nikolaos and Nikola, used in Greece, Finland and the Balkans.
Meaning borrowed from Niko.
Is Nicko a girl's or a boy's name?
Nicko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nicko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Nicko, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Nicko in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,333 boys in the US were given Nicko or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #119, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Nicko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
Names like Nicko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noah Enzo Theo Hugo Phoenix Apollo Silas Alessandro Lucas Santino Neo Christian
Other spellings of Nicko
Names related to Nicko
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
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, “Nicko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nicko, updated 20 October 2026.