Neco

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
13
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1897
13 babies

Neco by the numbers

In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Neco.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Neco

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Neco. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nicovictory of the people; form of nicholas306 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Neonew, recent47 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nekocat38 in the US (2017)
  • Nerodark, powerful, stern25 in the US (2017)
  • Nemonobody; no one7 in the US (2017)
  • Nevo7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Neco

Names that are said the same way as Neco, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Neiko29 in the US (2017)
  • Neeko3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nekko6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Neco

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