Niko
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Niko
Popular in Croatia, Spain, New Zealand, and Slovenia, Niko has also been rising up the US popularity charts for boys since the late 2000s. Fresher than Nicholas, spikier than Nico, it currently ranks just outside the US Top 300.
Niko for boys#325 US
Given to around 1000 boys each year, Niko lags slightly behind brother Nico, which was given to nearly 1700 babies in a recent year. When you combine these numbers, however, Niko begins to sound like a Top 150 name, comparable in popularity to Nathaniel, Legend, Malachi, and Leon.
Could Nico and Niko become the new Nicholas in the coming years? Numbers wise, they're not too far behind and certainly have a more contemporary feel, and with the slang "neek" falling out of fashion, there could be more Nikos running round in the future.
Niko for girls#6269 US
Niko was used for 17 baby girls in the US last year, and twin sister Nico for another 35 -- though that's still far fewer than the 2700 baby boys who were given either of those two names. There were 1000 baby boys named Niko alone.
Still, Niko and Nico feel as unisex as Nicki in all her spellings did a generation ago: cute, sassy, cool. And definitely the most baby-ready version of this classic name.
Pronounced NEE-koh.
As of October 2026, Niko ranked #325 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #287 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #416.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #618 | 431 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #629 | 425 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #612 | 439 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #549 | 507 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #518 | 549 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #420 | 742 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #358 | 870 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #291 | 1,171 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #287 | 1,191 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #320 | 1,037 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #343 | 1,001 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #325 | 1,046 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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o "Anno" Birkin, English poet and musician
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