Nieko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NEE-koh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Nieko is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Nieko mean?
Greek: variant of Niko, short for Nicholas
“victory of the people”
Is Nieko a girl's or a boy's name?
Nieko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nieko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Nieko, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Nieko in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,333 boys in the US were given Nieko or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #119, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Nieko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
Names like Nieko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Kai Makai Kaleo Nikolai Kailo Kairo Neo Makoa Nakoa Kenzo Kainoa
Other spellings of Nieko
Names related to Nieko
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Nieko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nieko, updated 20 October 2026.