Nakoa
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- #1,602 for boys in 2025, 106 births
- Given to boys 93.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 116 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,137since 1977
Nakoa over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #1,602 | 106 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #1,530 | 115 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #1,518 | 116 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #1,706 | 99 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #1,614 | 105 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #2,024 | 70 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #1,954 | 75 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #2,445 | 53 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #3,123 | 37 |
| 2016 | — | #3,776 | 28 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,138 | 24 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,582 | 29 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,793 | 17 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Nakoa! It came in at #5,123, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1994, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nakoa is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Hawaii#180 · 1 in 486
- Colorado#626 · 1 in 3,356
- Washington#737 · 1 in 4,100
- Arizona#927 · 1 in 6,545
- California#1,085 · 1 in 9,235
Best ever in a state: #78 in Hawaii, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Hawaii | #180 | 6 | 1 in 486 |
| Colorado | #626 | 8 | 1 in 3,356 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| California | #1,085 | 19 | 1 in 9,235 |
| Georgia | #1,096 | 7 | 1 in 7,174 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 72 spots since 2024 (#1,530 → #1,602)
- 422 spots since 2020 (#2,024 → #1,602)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2023 at #1,518 (116 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 14,746
- Highest: 1 in 14,746 boys born in 2023 were named Nakoa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,114 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 53.7% of all boys named Nakoa (611) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21 | #4,403 (1979) | #4,693 |
| 1980s | 8 | #4,495 (1980) | #4,495 |
| 1990s | 41 | #6,496 (1996) | #7,523 |
| 2000s | 137 | #4,429 (2009) | #5,993 |
| 2010s | 319 | #1,954 (2019) | #3,914 |
| 2020s | 611 | #1,518 (2023) | #1,666 |
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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