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How popular is the name Niko?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nikos are alive today.
Niko (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Nico in England and Wales, ranked 615th in 2025 with 61 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2022, when 78 babies were given the name, the 500th most popular that year. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Nico you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Nicos born in England and Wales are between 4 and 16, and there are at least 5,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Nico.
How many babies are named Niko each year?
Includes all spellings: Niko, Neco, Nico. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Niko spelling rank?
Where does the Neco spelling rank?
Where does the Nico spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Niko most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Nico, peaked in 2025, when 380 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Niko spelling itself peaked in 2022, with 78 babies.
How many people are called Niko?
At least 5,000 people named Niko in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Niko?
Most living Nikos are between 4 and 16; the most common age is about 2.
Is Niko becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.