Nyoka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nyoka

The Social Security Administration has registered 946 babies named Nyoka between 1941 and 2007, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyoka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyoka performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 276 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nyoka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyoka in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nyoka 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 946 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.