Nio — #6403 US boys' name
104 babies named Nio in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
63% of everyone ever named Nio was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Nio in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nio
The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Nio between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nio currently holds the #6403 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nio performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nio shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nio in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nio 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 104 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.
Nio at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Nio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2021)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #6403 among boys.
104 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 17 births in a single year.
Nio by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 65 births that decade — 63% of Nio's all-time total
Nio decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nio's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Nio by state
Where Nio concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.8% |
5 of 104 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.8% 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, 2011–2024 (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.