Nikko Boy
How popular is Nikko?
#1,315 boy name in 2025
147 baby boys were named Nikko in the US in 2025, making it the 1315th most popular boy name.
Nikko popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,315 for boys (▼ 40 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 147 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-5% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,198 in 2015, #1,177 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (216 boys) |
| Highest rank | #858 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nikko counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nico family of names ranked #116 for boys in 2025 (#133 the year before), with 3,297 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nico | 2,066 | 63% |
| Niko | 1,046 | 32% |
| Nikko | 147 | 4% |
| Nicco | 21 | 1% |
| Nyko | 10 | 0% |
| Nicko | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nikko is most popular
Babies named Nikko per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (174 boys)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (95 boys)
Nikko by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #4,984 |
| 1980s | 211 | #913 |
| 1990s | 1,062 | #858 |
| 2000s | 822 | #1,279 |
| 2010s | 1,386 | #1,168 |
| 2020s | 1,040 | #1,016 |
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Questions
- Is Nikko a boy or girl name?
- Nikko is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nikko were boys.
- How popular is the name Nikko?
- 147 baby boys were named Nikko in the US in 2025, making it the 1315th most popular boy name.
- When was Nikko most popular?
- Nikko peaked in 2021, when 216 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #858 in 1991.
- How many people are named Nikko?
- 4,702 babies have been named Nikko in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,627 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Nikko most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nikko was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.