Nicolo — #2751 US boys' name
1,524 babies named Nicolo in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 81% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Nicolo was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Nicolo in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicolo
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,524 babies named Nicolo between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicolo currently holds the #2751 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 47 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicolo performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Nicolo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 202 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicolo in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicolo 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 1,524 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.
Nicolo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicolo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2024)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #2751 among boys.
1,524 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 47 births in a single year.
Nicolo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 355 births that decade — 23% of Nicolo's all-time total
Nicolo decade highlights
- Peak decade 355 births
- Runner-up 318 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nicolo's strongest decade
355 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Nicolo by state
Where Nicolo concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 202 | 13.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 143 | 9.4% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 8 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.3% |
202 of 1,524 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.3% of nationwide
- New York 9.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1914–2024 (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.