Nikos — #6233 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nikos

The Social Security Administration has registered 869 babies named Nikos between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nikos currently holds the #6233 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikos performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nikos shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikos in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikos 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 869 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.