Thirty years of Nico
Nico in numbers
Nico is still climbing: from 49 boys in 1996 to 306 in 2025, its highest count so far. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2019 and 2022, from 193 to 272. On average it was given to 50 boys a year in the late 1990s, 57 in the 2000s, 149 in the 2010s and 263 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+11%276 to 306
- 5 years+46%210 to 306
- 10 years+83%167 to 306
- 20 years+337%70 to 306
- Since 1996×649 to 306
- Total, 1996 to 20253,838boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 165 · ONS · 276 in 2024
Rank 73 · NRS · 49 in 2024
Rank 253 · NISRA · 6 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | 306 | +11% | 1 in 983 |
| 2024 | 183 | 276 | +3% | 1 in 1,105 |
| 2023 | =187 | 269 | -1% | 1 in 1,127 |
| 2022 | =188 | 272 | +10% | 1 in 1,142 |
| 2021 | 214 | 247 | +18% | 1 in 1,296 |
| 2020 | 232 | 210 | +9% | 1 in 1,497 |
| 2019 | =254 | 193 | +2% | 1 in 1,705 |
| 2018 | =267 | 190 | +11% | 1 in 1,777 |
| 2017 | 292 | 171 | +21% | 1 in 2,036 |
| 2016 * | =335 | 141 | -16% | 1 in 2,526 |
| 2015 | =287 | 167 | +4% | 1 in 2,144 |
| 2014 | 287 | 161 | +27% | 1 in 2,216 |
| 2013 | =329 | 127 | +2% | 1 in 2,822 |
| 2012 | =349 | 125 | +10% | 1 in 2,995 |
| 2011 | =364 | 114 | +16% | 1 in 3,254 |
| 2010 | =402 | 98 | +44% | 1 in 3,785 |
| 2009 | =514 | 68 | -4% | 1 in 5,325 |
| 2008 | =489 | 71 | +16% | 1 in 5,112 |
| 2007 | =519 | 61 | -3% | 1 in 5,811 |
| 2006 | =485 | 63 | -10% | 1 in 5,435 |
| 2005 | =417 | 70 | +35% | 1 in 4,723 |
| 2004 | =500 | 52 | -21% | 1 in 6,314 |
| 2003 | =398 | 66 | +47% | 1 in 4,824 |
| 2002 | =481 | 45 | +32% | 1 in 6,801 |
| 2001 | =559 | 34 | -19% | 1 in 8,959 |
| 2000 | =472 | 42 | +5% | 1 in 7,372 |
| 1999 | =499 | 40 | -13% | 1 in 7,981 |
| 1998 | =452 | 46 | -28% | 1 in 7,085 |
| 1997 | =363 | 64 | +31% | 1 in 5,149 |
| 1996 | =419 | 49 | 1 in 6,806 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate