Nino
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- NEE-noh
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Nino is a name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Nino mean?
Italian: pet form of names such as Giovannino or Antonino
Italian pet form of names ending in -nino; in Georgian, Nino is a girls' name after the saint who converted Georgia.
Is Nino a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Nino has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US.
How popular is Nino in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Nino, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Nino of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Nino in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Nino in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Nino in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Nino, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Nino than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Nino in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nino in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 45 | #2,489 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 54 | #1,830 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,485 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,463 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Nino
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Enzo, Hugo, Noah, Nico, Arlo, Leonardo, Sonny, Hunter, Lorenzo, Austin, Ali, Theo
Names related to Nino
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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, “Nino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nino, updated 20 October 2026.