Nico
The 2025 national count puts Nico at #174, and gathering speed. Modern by the data's own clock (1960 is its first appearance), at 21,294 bearers so far.


Nico’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Nico, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Nico since 1960
Nico is at its all-time peak right now: #174 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Nico is most common
The state that gives Nico most often, per boys born there, is District of Columbia (0.59% in 2025); Vermont and Rhode Island are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Nico
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Noelle
#202 in 2025
Nyla
#236 in 2025
Nolan
#65 in 2025
Naomi
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nova
#46 in 2025
Nora
#20 in 2025 · Latin
Callie
#175 in 2025
Felix
#175 in 2025 · Latin
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About Nico
Where does Nico rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Nico at #174, and gathering speed. The full curve since 1960 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Nico have a meaning on record?
There is no citable gloss for Nico in our public-domain source. We show the chart, the related names and the kit, and leave the etymology to a reference you can check.
What names go with Nico?
Nearest by the published recipe: Noelle, Nyla and Nolan. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Nico’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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