Nakoda — #8057 US boys' name
80 babies named Nakoda in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Nakoda was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Nakoda in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nakoda
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Nakoda between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nakoda currently holds the #8057 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakoda performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nakoda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nakoda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nakoda at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Nakoda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #8057 among boys.
80 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 10 births in a single year.
Nakoda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 36 births that decade — 45% of Nakoda's all-time total
Nakoda decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nakoda's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.