Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mico isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mico through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 162
- 144 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,539 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,539 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 378 as a first name in 2020; 226 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mico’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Mico has a diminutive in MIKMIK. In Cebuano usage, Mico has a diminutive in MIKOY.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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