Naoki — #9208 US boys' name
322 babies named Naoki in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Naoki was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Naoki in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naoki
The Social Security Administration has registered 322 babies named Naoki between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naoki currently holds the #9208 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naoki performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Naoki shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Naoki in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naoki 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 322 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.
Naoki at a glance
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Current rank
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Naoki popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (2020)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #9208 among boys.
322 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 16 births in a single year.
Naoki popularity over time — girls
15 total births recorded since 2010 (Naoki as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Naoki accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Naoki by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 106 births that decade — 33% of Naoki's all-time total
Naoki decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Naoki's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Naoki by state
Where Naoki concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 322 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1980–2024 (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.