Unisex name · since 1970
Mico
Mico has 144 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,029 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,915 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mico currently ranks #10915 among unisex names in America, with 144 babies recorded since 1970.
Mico has 144 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10915 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #15,029 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,915 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 144 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mico ranks #15,029 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,915 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 144 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,029 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,915 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mico's 144 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mico compares
144 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mico's all-time total is 61% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mico | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 144 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mico's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mico's full recorded timeline at 2013, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mico popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Mico popularity over time - girls
18 total births recorded since 1971 (Mico as girls' name)
Mico by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (48 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Mico's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Mico births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 48 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mico's data
- Mico's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mico: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mico draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.