NameTides

Nikko

Nikko was the #1,315 boys' name in the US in 2025 (147 babies), and #1,944 in Canada.

Nikko as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nikko as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Nikko as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,315 (147)—#1,944 (10)
2024#1,275 (154)#5,120 (3)#2,062 (9)
2023#1,098 (194)#4,992 (3)#2,921 (5)
2022#1,200 (166)—#2,052 (8)
2021#1,016 (216)#4,789 (3)#1,478 (13)
2020#1,177 (163)—#1,595 (11)
2019#1,287 (144)#3,937 (4)#2,189 (7)
2018#1,168 (164)—#1,471 (12)
2017#1,332 (135)—#1,852 (9)
2016#1,279 (142)#4,810 (3)#1,831 (9)
2015#1,198 (154)#4,747 (3)#2,715 (5)
2014#1,245 (145)#3,362 (5)#1,152 (17)
2013#1,192 (150)—#1,654 (10)
2012#1,308 (131)—#2,666 (5)
2011#1,484 (109)#4,647 (3)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,016.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1972.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nikko is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nikko by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Nikko (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NikkoCanadaBoys#1,94410
NikkoEngland & WalesBoys—too few
NikkoUSGirls—too few
NikkoUSBoys#1,315147