Niko

What Niko means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Niko yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1962, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Niko?

US: Rising: up from #629 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1121 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 1,192 boys got the name (#287 that year). First in the US records in 1962.

How common

• About 1 in 1,633 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,458 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (3.08 per 1,000 boys), DE (2.71 per 1,000 boys), NM (2.15 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Niko is #325 in the US and #615 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.2% of US babies named Niko were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nico2,066 US · 306 E&W
• Nikko147 US
• Nakoa106 US
• Neko34 US
• Neiko26 US
• Neeko11 US · 3 E&W
• Nicky8 US · 5 E&W
• Neco0 US · 13 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Niko

Boys

• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Ambrose#735“immortal, divine”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025
• Evander#698“good man”^*

For a sister

• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Cleo#577Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,743 in 2015, #577 in 2025
• Theodora#725“God s Gift”^*
• Athena#109Editor’s note Up from #157 in 2015 to #109 in 2025 in the US
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Niko’s. Rank is US 2025.