Nico
Featured in baby name books
Nico is a form of Nicholas, meaning “victorious” or “people’s conqueror.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book
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Usage of Nico in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Nico against each list of names.
Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Nico is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Nico in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,066 boys were named Nico, making it the #174 boys' name in the US. Since 1960, 21,294 boys have been named Nico, with the most (2,066) in 2025. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., Vermont and Rhode Island.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Nico in other languages
- Nicole Dutch, French, Italian, Swedish
- Nicholas Dutch, English, French
- Niko Finnish, Slovenian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Nico
There are 13 towns and villages with Nico in their name, in 8 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 4🇧🇷 Brazil 3🇧🇴 Bolivia 1🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 1🇮🇹 Italy 1🇵🇰 Pakistan 1🇺🇾 Uruguay 1🇻🇪 Venezuela 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Nico | Calabria, 🇮🇹 Italy | 1,026 | Map |
| Don Nico | Coahuila, 🇲🇽 Mexico | – | Map |
| Nico Baihk | Gilgit-Baltistan, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | – | Map |
| Nico Pérez | Florida, 🇺🇾 Uruguay | – | Map |
| Nicó | Elías Piña, 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | – | Map |
| Petronina Nico | Pando, 🇧🇴 Bolivia | – | Map |
| Rancho Nico | Sinaloa, 🇲🇽 Mexico | – | Map |
| Ño Ñico | Miranda, 🇻🇪 Venezuela | – | Map |
| Lo de Don Nico (Tía Pancha) | Nayarit, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 8 | Map |
| Agrovila do Projeto de Assentamento Che Guevara-Tapera do Nico | Sergipe, 🇧🇷 Brazil | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Nico
There are 2 lakes and reservoirs with Nico in their name.
| Name | Where | |
|---|---|---|
| Lac Nico | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Nico | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Nico songs
6 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Nico in their title. The best known:
- Nico and the Niners – Tyler Joseph (2018)
- En el cuarto de Nico – El Cuarteto de Nos
- Jumpsuit / Nico and the Niners – Twenty One Pilots (2018)
- En Nico i la Montse – Josep Pascual i Massaguer
- Kill Nico – Indochine (2013)
- Moonstruck (Nico's Song) – John Cale
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Nico
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Nico.
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Fictional characters named Nico
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Nico as a pet name
FurryName has found 619 dogs named Nico in public pet registers, making it the #293 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Zurich (9), Villavicencio (3), Burlington (2). Nico as a dog name →
FurryName has found 28 cats named Nico in public pet registers, making it the #232 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Vancouver (7), Miranda (2), Richmond (1). Nico as a cat name →
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