Nikko
Boy · NEE-koh · Greek
Nikko is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 1,315th for boys in the US (147 babies).
What does Nikko mean?
Greek: spelling of Niko, a short form of Nicholas; also a Japanese place name
“victory of the people”
Also the name of Nikko, a Japanese town famous for its ornate shrines, whose name means 'sunlight'.
- Say it
- NEE-koh
Is Nikko a girl's or a boy's name?
Nikko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 147 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nikko 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 5 boys.
Nikko in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 2 | #5,878 |
How popular is Nikko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,315among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 147about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 147 boys in the US were named Nikko, making it the 1,315th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,177th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 216 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer boys named Nikko than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Nikko in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,333 boys in the US were given Nikko or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #119, up from #1,315 for this spelling alone.
Nikko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147 | #1,315 |
| 2024 | 154 | #1,275 |
| 2023 | 194 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 166 | #1,200 |
| 2021 | 216 | #1,016 |
| 2020 | 163 | #1,177 |
| 2019 | 144 | #1,287 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,168 |
| 2017 | 135 | #1,332 |
| 2016 | 142 | #1,279 |
| 2015 | 154 | #1,198 |
| 2014 | 145 | #1,245 |
| 2013 | 150 | #1,192 |
| 2012 | 131 | #1,308 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,484 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,462 |
| 2009 | 99 | #1,603 |
| 2008 | 92 | #1,665 |
| 2007 | 85 | #1,741 |
| 2006 | 76 | #1,808 |
| 2005 | 121 | #1,279 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,071 |
| 2003 | 62 | #1,882 |
| 2002 | 77 | #1,586 |
| 2001 | 78 | #1,539 |
| 2000 | 75 | #1,569 |
| 1999 | 67 | #1,601 |
| 1998 | 72 | #1,512 |
| 1997 | 73 | #1,465 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,276 |
| 1995 | 99 | #1,147 |
| 1994 | 126 | #984 |
| 1993 | 119 | #996 |
| 1992 | 141 | #887 |
| 1991 | 148 | #858 |
| 1990 | 131 | #894 |
| 1989 | 123 | #913 |
| 1988 | 59 | #1,337 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Nikko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Other spellings of Nikko
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