Boys' name · since 2006
Nyko
Nyko has 194 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,161 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,064 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
194 babies have been named Nyko since 2006, making it today's #8064 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyko has been recorded 194 times among boys since 2006, currently ranked #8064 nationally and more common than 42% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #13,161 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,064 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 194 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyko ranks #13,161 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,064 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 194 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,161 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,064 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nyko's 194 recorded births place it above 71.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nyko compares
194 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nyko's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nyko | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 194 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nyko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nyko's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nyko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Nyko by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (100 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Nyko's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Nyko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 100 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyko: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nyko draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.