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Nakoa

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Nakoa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 114 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1140.01% of boys
Peak year
2023116 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1977
1,098people given the name
Babies named Nakoa, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,030 boys have been named Nakoa in the United States since 1977, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 116 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 49%.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 68 girls have also been given it, 6.2% of the total.

By decade

Decadeboys named Nakoa
1970s21
1980s8
1990s41
2000s137
2010s319
2020s504

In 2023, its biggest year

Nakoa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Nakoa

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.