Chico
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Meaning
a Portuguese pet form of Francisco, which comes from the Late Latin name Franciscus, "Frenchman"
How popular is Chico around the world?
In the United States, 7 babies were named Chico between 2020 and 2025. In England and Wales, 3 boys named Chico were born in 2025, ranked 5,137th among boys that year.
Chico is on the official records of the United States and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 3.1M
In the United States, 7 babies were named Chico between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Chico has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
England and Wales
1 in 200,000
In England and Wales, 3 boys named Chico were born in 2025, ranked 5,137th among boys that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Not on 15 other recordsWhy
- Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
- Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only).
- Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Chico
Most people given the name Chico in the United States were born between 1960 and 1999. The Chico you meet today is most often in his 40s or 50s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Chico deep dive
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