girls:
55 births since 2010
#5661 (1st percentile)
boys:
916 births since 1977
#3674 (20th percentile)
overall:
971 births since 1977
#6768 (13th percentile)
The name Nakoa is the #6,768 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 971 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 12.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,674 (19.8% percentile) for all time with 916 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,661 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 55 births since 2010.
Nakoa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 2010 for girls). Birth data for Nakoa is available in 34 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 8 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nakoa has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.8% of babies named Nakoa were boys.
For boys, Nakoa reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.2% percentile (ranked #800) with 63 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 63 births per million (ranked 12.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2004, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Nakoa is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #800 (12.2% percentile) with 63 births per million.
For girls, Nakoa reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #953) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nakoa ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 92.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nakoa".
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