Nico
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About Nico
Nico is one of the great nickname names, full of charm, energy and effortless cool -- a neo Nick.
Nico is commonly heard in Italy -- as a short form of Niccolo -- and also in France, Belgium, Germany, Holland and Spanish-speaking countries.
As a unisex nickname name, Nico is associated with the German-born single-named Velvet Underground singer (nee Christa) promoted by Andy Warhol. And Nico Reilly was one of the female leads on the TV series Lipstick Jungle. But over 90% of the American babies named Nico are boys.
Pronounced NEE-koh.
As of October 2026, Nico ranked #174 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #87.
Editor's take: The name Nico is a boy's name of Italian, Greek origin meaning "people of victory".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #455 | 650 | 338.4 |
| 2015 | #464 | 652 | 340.2 |
| 2016 | #497 | 611 | 322 |
| 2017 | #413 | 754 | 407.4 |
| 2018 | #382 | 844 | 464.7 |
| 2019 | #356 | 928 | 517.2 |
| 2020 | #318 | 1,044 | 604.8 |
| 2021 | #259 | 1,359 | 776.8 |
| 2022 | #237 | 1,474 | 844.2 |
| 2023 | #240 | 1,467 | 857.6 |
| 2024 | #213 | 1,678 | 973.9 |
| 2025 | #174 | 2,066 | 1,209.5 |
World rankings
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Nico on lists
Famous Nicos
- Nico Cristian Mirallegro
British actor
- Nico Erik Rosberg
Finnish,German racing driver
- Nicolas "Nico" Hulkenberg
German racing driver
- Nico Jackson
British financier
- Nico Louis Liersch
German actor
- Nico Tortorella
American actor
- Ñico (born Antonio Mariño Souto)
Cuban painter
- Nico "Nicky" Charisse
son of actress and dancer Cyd Charisse
- Nico DiMarco
brother of model and reality TV personality Nyle DiMarco
- Nico Coyne
son of singer,songwriter Kevin Coyne
- Nicolas "Nico" Marley (b. 1995)
American NFL player; son of former CFL player Rohan Marley; grandson of singer Bob Marley
- Nico Rockwell (b. 2007)
son of director Alexandre Rockwell and actress Karyn Parsons
- Nico (b. 2007)
son of actress Andrea Navedo
- Nico Jones (b. 2012)
son of footballer Brad Jones
- Dominic "Nico" Lopez (b. 2013)
son of actor Mario Lopez
- Nicodemus León "Nico" DiMarco (b. 2015)
son of Christian singer Kristene DiMarco
- Nico Schulz
German footballer
- Nico Santos
German,Spanish singer, songwriter and producer
Nico in pop culture
- Nico Machiavelli
character on TV's "Da Vinci's Demons"
- Nico Harris
character on TV's "Sonny With A Chance" and "So Random"
- Nico Toscani
character in film "Above the Law"
- Nico
character from "Another Gay Movie"
- Nico/Nic/Pablo/Nick Jessop
character in the TV series "extr@"
- "Nico
" Spanish animated series and its main character
- Nico di Angelo
character in Rick Riordan's book series'
- "Nico And The Niners
" song by twenty one pilots