Nieko — #5748 US boys' name
316 babies named Nieko in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Nieko was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Nieko in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nieko
The Social Security Administration has registered 316 babies named Nieko between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nieko currently holds the #5748 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nieko performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nieko shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nieko 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 316 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.
Nieko at a glance
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Current rank
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Nieko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2022)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #5748 among boys.
316 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 18 births in a single year.
Nieko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 85 births that decade — 27% of Nieko's all-time total
Nieko decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nieko's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% 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, 1989–2024 (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.