Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nikos

#5,178 most common boys' name of all time · #12,852 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among boys
#5,178
Rank overall
#12,852 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
882
Since 2016
158
Peak year
2009 #3,760
Best rank
#2,213 1969
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
198020002020

Nikos first appears in 1962. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 12 12 #6,885
2024 — 15 15 #5,961
2023 — 11 11 #7,380
2022 — 18 18 #5,266
2021 — 20 20 #4,822
2020 — 13 13 #6,366
2019 — 17 17 #5,389
2018 — 16 16 #5,604
2017 — 16 16 #5,604
2016 — 20 20 #4,820
2015 — 22 22 #4,451
2014 — 22 22 #4,431
2013 — 15 15 #5,726
2012 — 17 17 #5,324
2011 — 22 22 #4,403
2010 — 19 19 #4,901
2009 — 28 28 #3,760
2008 — 25 25 #4,077
2007 — 14 14 #5,993
2006 — 23 23 #4,140
2005 — 21 21 #4,241
2004 — 25 25 #3,669
2003 — 13 13 #5,653
2002 — 15 15 #4,993
2001 — 10 10 #6,588
2000 — 21 21 #3,834
1999 — 17 17 #4,236
1998 — 20 20 #3,647
1997 — 22 22 #3,301
1996 — 9 9 #6,147
1995 — 15 15 #4,143
1994 — 18 18 #3,671
1993 — 12 12 #4,824
1992 — 12 12 #4,686
1991 — 18 18 #3,402
1990 — 9 9 #5,552
1989 — 11 11 #4,651
1988 — 20 20 #2,819
1987 — 13 13 #3,631
1986 — 9 9 #4,657
1985 — 13 13 #3,526
1984 — 14 14 #3,211
1983 — 18 18 #2,642
1982 — 8 8 #4,819
1981 — 11 11 #3,756
1980 — 11 11 #3,755
1979 — 9 9 #4,261
1977 — 12 12 #3,325
1976 — 7 7 #4,727
1975 — 14 14 #2,865
1974 — 11 11 #3,270
1973 — 11 11 #3,173
1972 — 6 6 #4,808
1971 — 11 11 #3,108
1970 — 10 10 #3,261
1969 — 16 16 #2,213
1968 — 8 8 #3,341
1967 — 5 5 #4,442
1966 — 7 7 #3,515
1962 — 5 5 #4,612