Chico — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chico

The Social Security Administration has registered 951 babies named Chico between 1922 and 2020, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chico currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chico performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 320 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Chico shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Chico in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chico in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 951 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.