Nocona — boys' name
11 babies named Nocona in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Nocona was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Nocona in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nocona
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Nocona between 1994 and 1998, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nocona currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Nocona is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1996.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nocona performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nocona 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 11 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.
Nocona at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nocona popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1994
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
11 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 6 births in a single year.
Nocona popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1996 (Nocona as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Nocona accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nocona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Nocona's all-time total
Nocona decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nocona's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1994–1998 (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.