Boys' name · since 2018
Nakoah
Nakoah has 59 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,016 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,626 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
59 babies have been named Nakoah since 2018, making it today's #7626 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Nakoah recorded 59 times among boys since 2018, holding rank #7626 nationally today, ahead of 45% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #21,016 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,626 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 59 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakoah ranks #21,016 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,626 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 59 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,016 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,626 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nakoah's 59 recorded births place it above 53.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nakoah compares
59 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
Nakoah's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nakoah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 59 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nakoah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nakoah's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nakoah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Nakoah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (48 births, 81% of the file).
2020s was Nakoah's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Nakoah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 48 births (81% of all-time use).
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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, 2018–2025 (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 Nakoah 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.