Unisex name · since 1999
Naki
Naki has 60 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,915 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,758 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
60 babies have been named Naki since 1999, making it today's #12758 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naki has been recorded 60 times among boys since 1999, currently ranked #12758 nationally and more common than 8% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #20,915 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,758 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 60 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naki ranks #20,915 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,758 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 60 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,915 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,758 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Naki's 60 recorded births place it above 53.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Naki compares
60 19th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Naki's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naki | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 60 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Naki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Naki's full recorded timeline at 2007, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Naki popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Naki popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1974 (Naki as girls' name)
Naki by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (36 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Naki's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Naki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 36 births (60% of all-time use).
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What to do with Naki's data
- Naki's decade-level peak was the 2000s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Naki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Naki draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.