Nico

“Variant of Nicholas — The people's victory” — Greek, via Latin and Old French origin

Boy's name · #174 in the US (2025) · Trending

Nico is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1960, it stood at #174 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 21,000 boys have been named Nico along the way. Together with its spelling variant Niko (#325), Nico would rank around #113 with about 3,100 births last year — the newborns split about 66/34 between Nico and Niko.

Around the world: #25 in Switzerland (2024) · #45 in Spain (2024) · #55 in Austria (2025) · #73 in Scotland (2025) · #81 in New Zealand (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Nicos

Nico Rosberg — German–Finnish former Formula 1 racing driver
Nico Hülkenberg — Formula One racing driver
Nico Williams — Spanish association football player
Nico Schlotterbeck — German association football player
Nico Elvedi — Swiss association football player

In stories & tradition

Nico di Angelo — Percy Jackson & the Olympians · The Heroes of Olympus
Nico Giraldi — The Cop in Blue Jeans · Squadra antifurto
Nico von Lahnstein — Verbotene Liebe

What Nicos become

Among 1,263 notable people named Nico:

Entertainers appear 1.26× more often than among typical names — e.g. Nico Tortorella, American actor.

Similar names: Niko · Enzo · Nikolas · Jericho · Emilio · Milo

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