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Nicolo

Boy · nee-ko-LOH · Greek

Nicolo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).

What does Nicolo mean?

Greek: spelling of Italian Niccolo

“victory of the people”

A spelling of Niccolo, the Italian form of Nicholas.

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nee-ko-LOH

Is Nicolo a girl's or a boy's name?

Nicolo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nicolo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,087among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 25,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Nicolo, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 23 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Nicolo than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Nicolo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Nicolo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 23 in 20232025
Nicolo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#2,087
202418#1,528
202323#1,286
202215#1,708
202113#1,876
202012#1,923
201912#1,974
201813#1,902
201710#2,306
201611#2,143
20157#2,855
20145#3,529
20134#4,008
20128#2,595
20116#3,038
20107#2,775
20097#2,679
20084#3,836
20077#2,554
20065#3,013
200512#1,599
20044#3,147
20034#2,990
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19963#2,949

How popular is Nicolo in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,718among boys
Babies in 2025
47about 1 in 36,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Nicolo, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.

Half of all the boys named Nicolo in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 87 boys in the US were given Nicolo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,611, up from #2,718 for this spelling alone.

1914Busiest: 47 in 20242025
Nicolo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202547#2,718
202447#2,750
202340#3,053
202245#2,828
202140#3,020
202045#2,727
201936#3,198
201827#3,887
201726#3,989
201629#3,680
201533#3,364
201433#3,295
201336#3,058
201223#4,248
201135#3,163
201040#2,913
200936#3,161
200834#3,284
200742#2,810
200630#3,449
200537#2,842
200440#2,639
200328#3,275
200237#2,599
200133#2,792
200038#2,471
199922#3,475
199834#2,504
199726#2,899
199623#3,102
199530#2,495
199430#2,497
199323#2,937
199226#2,664
199128#2,463
199026#2,548
198920#2,983
19888#5,194
19876#6,083
19868#4,848
198510#4,047
19848#4,549
198313#3,229
198210#3,964
19817#4,959
198010#3,837
19795#6,054
197812#3,214
19778#4,162
19769#3,722
19758#3,939
19740–
19738#3,692
19728#3,620
197112#2,811
19707#3,834
196911#2,681
19689#2,906
19678#2,984
19666#3,535
19657#3,242
19640–
19635#4,047
19626#3,638
19610–
19607#3,335
19590–
19580–
19576#3,550
19565#3,940
19550–
19545#3,825
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19286#3,695
19276#3,778
19267#3,383
192510#2,753
19249#3,022
19236#3,819
19229#3,013
192114#2,264
19205#4,284
19198#3,114
19189#2,881
19176#3,543
19167#3,176
19157#3,081
19145#3,263

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