NameTides

Nakoa

Nakoa was the #1,602 boys' name in the US in 2025 (106 babies), and #1,718 in Canada.

Nakoa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nakoa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Nakoa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,602 (106)—#1,718 (12)
2024#1,530 (115)#5,120 (3)#1,432 (15)
2023#1,518 (116)—#2,123 (8)
2022#1,706 (99)#3,049 (6)#1,895 (9)
2021#1,614 (105)#3,451 (5)#2,061 (8)
2020#2,024 (70)#3,334 (5)#1,520 (12)
2019#1,954 (75)—#2,189 (7)
2018#2,445 (53)—#2,403 (6)
2017#3,123 (37)#4,812 (3)—
2016#3,776 (28)——
2015#4,407 (22)——
2014#4,138 (24)——
2013#3,582 (29)——
2012#5,035 (18)—#2,666 (5)
2011#5,433 (16)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,518.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Nakoa were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nakoa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nakoa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: #180HITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,831FL
Nakoa (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NakoaCanadaBoys#1,71812
NakoaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
NakoaUSGirls#11,9327
NakoaUSBoys#1,602106