Pakou — girls' name
148 babies named Pakou in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Pakou was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Pakou in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pakou
The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Pakou between 1982 and 2006, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pakou currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pakou performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pakou shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Pakou in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pakou 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 148 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.
Pakou at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pakou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1982
- Peak year (1994)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
148 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 21 births in a single year.
Pakou by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 103 births that decade — 70% of Pakou's all-time total
Pakou decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Pakou's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Pakou by state
Where Pakou concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 24 | 16.2% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 17 | 11.5% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 12 | 8.1% |
24 of 148 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.2% of nationwide
- Minnesota 11.5% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 8.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.2% 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, 1982–2006 (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.