Spellings

Nico or Niko?

In the US in 2025, 63% of babies in this name family were spelled Nico and 32% Niko. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Nico63% of the family2,066 born in 2025#174 among boys×3 since 2015Niko32% of the family1,046 born in 2025#325 among boys×3 since 2015Nikko5% of the family147 born in 2025#1,315 among boys−5% since 2015

Ten years ago

Nico already led in 2015, with 53% of the family's births; it has 63% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,231 to 3,259 births (×3).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Nico6522,066×3
Niko4251,046×3
Nikko154147−5%

How they sound

All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈnikoʊ/ (NEE-koh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.

In France

In France in 2025: Nico 5 births and Niko 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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