Ngoc — #15711 US unisex name
667 babies named Ngoc in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Ngoc was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Ngoc in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ngoc
The Social Security Administration has registered 667 babies named Ngoc between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ngoc currently holds the #15711 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 47 babies received it in a single year. Ngoc is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 54 additional births since 1980.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ngoc performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 305 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ngoc shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Ngoc in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ngoc 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 667 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.
Ngoc at a glance
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Current rank
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Ngoc popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (1982)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #15711 among girls.
667 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 47 births in a single year.
Ngoc popularity over time — boys
54 total births recorded since 1980 (Ngoc as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ngoc accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ngoc by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 305 births that decade — 46% of Ngoc's all-time total
Ngoc decade highlights
- Peak decade 305 births
- Runner-up 191 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ngoc's strongest decade
305 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Ngoc by state
Where Ngoc concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 134 | 20.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 37 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 11 | 1.6% |
134 of 667 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 20.1% of nationwide
- Texas 5.5% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1975–2024 (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.