Nico
Pronounced N IY1 K OW0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 65 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Nico?
Nico is a boys' name, and first appears in 1960. It has been given to 39,055 children — the 556th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 2,831 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Niko, Nikko and Neco — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Nico and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Niko
- Nikko
- Neco
Nicknames
Nico is itself a short form of Nicholas.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N IY1 K OW0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Nico
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Nico
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Nico?
- Nico ranks 556th among boys' names in US records, with 39,055 births since 1960. Over the past decade it accounts for 20,404.
- Is Nico a unisex name?
- No. Nico is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Nico most popular?
- 2024, when 2,831 children were given the name. It has been in use for 65 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Nico spelled?
- Niko, Nikko, Neco. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.