Boys' name · since 1972
Tico
Tico has 81 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,830 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 81
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tico sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 81 recorded since 1972.
Tico has 81 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1996.
- #18,830 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 81 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tico ranks #18,830 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 81 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,830 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 81
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tico's 81 recorded births place it above 58.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tico's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tico splits its recorded history at 1979: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tico popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1996
- Peak year (1977)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Tico by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (48 births, 59% of the file).
1970s was Tico's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Tico births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 48 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Tico's decade-level peak was the 1970s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tico: 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, 1972–1996 (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 Tico 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.