Nikko — #1288 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nikko

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,373 babies named Nikko between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nikko currently holds the #1288 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 216 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikko performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,384 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nikko shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,001 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikko in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikko 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 4,373 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.