How Many People Are Named Niko?
people named Niko are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,867 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,135 babies named Niko in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,212 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Finnish form of NICHOLAS, and a Croatian and Slovene short form of NIKOLA (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Niko, 3.3% were girls and 96.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Niko fell from 59.2% in the 1970s to 1.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Niko alive today is about 11 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Niko first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 2022, to 1,212 babies. In 2025, 1,065 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Niko has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #287, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #325.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #325 |
| Best rank | #287 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #320 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Niko alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Niko were born in California than in any other state: about 2,669 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Niko was given 2.2 times as often in Hawaii, 1.8 times in Nevada and 1.6 times in California.
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