Nico

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nico: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nico: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #66 in 2021, and it stood at #372 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
77times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#66highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
2000	#3912
2001	#3998
2003	#3099
2004	#4598
2007	#3667
2008	#2487
2009	#3422
2010	#2392
2011	#5785
2012	#2521
2013	#3160
2014	#2659
2015	#3252
2016	#2233
2017	#1995
2018	#2901
2019	#2458
2020	#2615
2021	#3519
2022	#2673
2023	#2346
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 14 of the 30 years from 1996 to 2025.

In 2024: #104 among boys in Scotland, #183 among boys in England and Wales, #278 among boys in Northern Ireland, #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #419 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2021–2023
Highest recorded position: #66 among boys in New Zealand, in 2021 (recorded 2021–2023).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #372 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Nico appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,532 births with the name.

Nico across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nico's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1996)	#364 (2021)	#372 (2025)	14 of 30	91 (1996–2025)	10 (2019)
England and Wales · Boys	#419 (1996)	#183 (2024)	#183 (2024)	29 of 29	3,532 (1996–2024)	276 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#3142 (1998)	#1995 (2017)	#2574 (2024)	23 of 27	173 (1998–2024)	14 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#259 (2015)	#259 (2015)	#278 (2024)	7 of 10	40 (2015–2024)	7 (2015)
New Zealand · Boys	#66 (2021)	#66 (2021)	#85 (2023)	3 of 3	191 (2021–2023)	73 (2021)

Nico by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nico in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	199	4 of 10	50
2000s	572	10 of 10	57
2010s	1,487	10 of 10	149
2020sbusiest	1,274	5 of 10	255

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 255 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nico appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in New Zealand in 2021.

Nico's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#183	276	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#187	269	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#188	272	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#214	247	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#232	210	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#254	193	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#267	190	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#292	171	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#335	141	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#287	167	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#287	161	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#329	127	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#349	125	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#364	114	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#402	98	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#514	68	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#489	71	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#519	61	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#485	63	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#417	70	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#500	52	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#398	66	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#481	45	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#559	34	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#472	42	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#499	40	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#452	46	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#363	64	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#419	49	High	Verified
2023	New Zealand	male	#85	51	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#72	67	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#66	73	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#278	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#264	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#259	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#104	49	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #66, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 276 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Nicola · #2, 68y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alba · #66, 31y
Britney · #66, 29y
Caitlyn · #66, 29y
Kaitlyn · #66, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alba · #66, 31y
Britney · #66, 29y
Caitlyn · #66, 29y
Darcie · #66, 30y

Nico was ranked #66 in New Zealand · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nico and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nico without appearing here.

Nico moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Nico

Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1785.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Nico

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nico went from #419 to #183 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nico went from #419 to #183 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nico went from #419 to #183 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nico went from #419 to #183 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Nico

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nico went from #419 to #183 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nico went from #419 to #183 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nico went from #419 to #183 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nico went from #419 to #183 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in New Zealand in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nico

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nico across 5 official records

Nico by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Nico across 5 official records

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