Niko: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced NEE-koh · 2 syllables

A diminutive of the given names Nikola, Nikolas, and Nikolaos, from Greek.

How popular is Niko?

Niko was the #325 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,065 babies. It’s rising: up 177% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

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

Half of US adults named Niko are older than 28; most are between 18 and 51. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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

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

Niko is pronounced NEE-koh.

Niko was the #325 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,065 babies. It’s rising: up 177% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Niko are older than 28. Most are between 18 and 51.