Nakoma — unisex name

What the Data Says About Nakoma

The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Nakoma between 1975 and 2021, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakoma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Nakoma is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 36 additional births since 1977.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakoma performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nakoma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakoma 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 83 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.