Ngai — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ngai

The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Ngai between 1970 and 1998, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ngai currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ngai performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ngai shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ngai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ngai 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 66 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.