Boys' name · since 1991
Nekko
Since 1991, U.S. Social Security records show 45 babies named Nekko, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,946 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 45
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nekko sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 45 recorded since 1991.
Nekko has 45 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1991 to 2020.
- #22,946 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 45 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nekko ranks #22,946 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,946 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 45
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nekko's 45 recorded births place it above 49.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nekko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nekko's full recorded timeline at 2014, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nekko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2020
- Peak year (2014)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Nekko by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Nekko's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Nekko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Nekko's decade-level peak was the 2010s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nekko: 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 (~29 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, 1991–2020 (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 Nekko 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.