Is Nakoa a boy or girl name?

Nakoa is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,212 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 6.2% were girls and 93.8% were boys.

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Nakoa

Recorded 1977–2025 · United States

Nakoa was most popular in 2024, when 127 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,024 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,252, with 113 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,212 people named Nakoa.

Nakoa over time

Births per year. The dot marks Nakoa’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Nakoa a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nakoa is mostly a boy’s name — 6.2% of the 1,212 Americans given it were girls and 93.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 8% girls and 92% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Nakoa

Where Nakoa is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org