Boys' name · since 1972
Tiko
Tiko has 40 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,790 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
40 boys have been named Tiko since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tiko has 40 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 1979.
- #23,790 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 40 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiko ranks #23,790 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,790 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tiko's 40 recorded births place it above 47.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tiko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tiko's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tiko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1979
- Peak year (1972)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Tiko by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (40 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Tiko's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Tiko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 40 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tiko: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
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, 1972–1979 (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 Tiko 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.