Nico: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced NEE-koh · 2 syllables

Nico means “victory of the people”, from Italian and Greek.

Variant of Nick + -o.

How popular is Nico?

Nico was the #174 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,096 babies. It’s rising: up 142% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Nico in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Nico are older than 29; most are between 18 and 49. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Nico have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Nico means “victory of the people”. It comes from Italian and Greek.

Nico is pronounced NEE-koh.

Nico was the #174 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,096 babies. It’s rising: up 142% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Nico are older than 29. Most are between 18 and 49.