Nicko
#9,637 most common boys' name of all time · #24,364 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among boys
#9,637
Rank overall
#24,364 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
299
Since 2016
64
Peak year
1989 #2,596
Best rank
#2,596 1989
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Nicko first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,934 |
| 2023 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,432 |
| 2022 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,957 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,926 |
| 2019 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,309 |
| 2017 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,012 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,003 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,708 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,949 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,901 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,648 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,146 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,151 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,969 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,229 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,103 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,182 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,097 |
| 1997 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,099 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,465 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,687 |
| 1994 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,197 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,974 |
| 1992 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,551 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,134 |
| 1990 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,844 |
| 1989 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,596 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,522 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,955 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | — |