Nakai

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Peak · boys
#2,258
2025 · 62 births
Debut · boys
1974
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
947
since 1974

Nakai over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,776, 1974girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#2,25862
2024#11,1228#3,04540
2023—#2,66049
2022—#3,00341
2021#12,2067#2,46454
2020#13,4536#3,27434
2019#8,13813#3,49632
2018#10,5459#3,89127
2017—#2,95140
2016#16,2155#3,35833
2015#13,0067#3,02238
2014—#3,09036
2013#13,1507#3,75327
2012#11,2579#4,13124
2011#14,8246#4,11024
2010#14,9596#4,09924
2009—#3,39932
2008#8,52914#3,00539
2007#13,9247#2,72144
2006—#3,08335
2005#11,8348#3,17232
2004#8,71612#2,95334
2003#12,4087#3,28028
2002—#6,52210
2001#13,5216#3,61723
2000#13,1546#9,1126
1999—#6,04210
1998#8,58410#4,19716
1997—#6,1009
1996—#4,87812
1995—#7,7926
1994#13,4305#5,8689
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1975#7,1737#3,6599
1974#5,7769#3,8378
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five boys were named Nakai! It came in at #3,837, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1976–1993, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Nakai is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Nakai, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,942 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Florida#1,353 · 1 in 11,942

Best ever in a state: #915 in New Jersey, 2023.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Nakai
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 787 spots since 2024 (#3,045 → #2,258)
  • 1,016 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #2,258)
  • 764 spots since 2015 (#3,022 → #2,258)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 2025 at #2,258 (62 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 27,550
  • Highest: 1 in 27,550 boys born in 2025 were named Nakai (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 32.2% of all boys named Nakai (305) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2001
  • Mostly girls until 2000, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s17#3,659 (1975)#3,748
1980s0——
1990s62#4,197 (1998)#5,813
2000s283#2,721 (2007)#4,086
2010s305#2,951 (2017)#3,590
2020s280#2,258 (2025)#2,784

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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