Iniko — #8478 US boys' name
138 babies named Iniko in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Iniko was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Iniko in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iniko
The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Iniko between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Iniko currently holds the #8478 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Iniko is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 14 additional births since 2020.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iniko performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Iniko shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iniko 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 138 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.
Iniko at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Iniko popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2020)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #8478 among boys.
138 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 20 births in a single year.
Iniko popularity over time — girls
14 total births recorded since 2020 (Iniko as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Iniko accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Iniko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 68 births that decade — 49% of Iniko's all-time total
Iniko decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Iniko's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.