Nakoma
The Story of Nakoma
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Nakoma as a girl name dates back to 1975, when 5 babies received it. 2017 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Nakoma — #7,438 in the national rankings. About 49% of every Nakoma on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Nakoma last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 83 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Nakoma as a boy name dates back to 1977, when 9 babies received it. 1977 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Nakoma — #3,836 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Nakoma on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Nakoma last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Nakoma
Nakoma is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 83 births in the dataset. Nakoma's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #7,438. Use the chart and map above to compare Nakoma's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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