Nino

Nino was the #3,658 boys' name in the US in 2025 (30 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Nino as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Nino as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nino as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,658 (30)#2,269 (10)—#2,789 (6)
2024#3,045 (40)#3,689 (5)——
2023#2,693 (48)#4,992 (3)—#2,921 (5)
2022#2,675 (49)#4,790 (3)—#1,759 (10)
2021#2,623 (49)#3,451 (5)—#1,478 (13)
2020#2,728 (45)#2,228 (9)—#2,431 (6)
2019#2,851 (43)#3,937 (4)—#2,440 (6)
2018#2,748 (44)#4,749 (3)—#2,740 (5)
2017#3,312 (34)#3,040 (6)——
2016#2,783 (43)#2,804 (7)—#2,718 (5)
2015#2,864 (41)#3,373 (5)——
2014#3,371 (32)#4,632 (3)—#1,778 (9)
2013#3,189 (34)#2,403 (8)—#2,305 (6)
2012#2,678 (45)#2,458 (8)——
2011#5,200 (17)——#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #1,833.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 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 56,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nino is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 56,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 45,000 to 1 in 69,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NinoCanadaBoys#2,7896
NinoEngland & WalesGirls—too few
NinoEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
NinoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NinoScotlandBoys—too few
NinoUSGirls—too few
NinoUSBoys#3,65830