Naoki
Naoki (直樹) is a masculine Japanese given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:Naoki Abe , Japanese long jumper Naoki Bandō , Japanese voice actor Naoki Chiba , Japanese former football player Naoki Eiga , Japanese kendoka Naoki Furukawa , Japanese politician Naoki Goto , Japanese footballer Naoki Hagiwara , Japanese goalball player Naoki Hamaguchi , Japanese video game…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Naoki
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Naoki (直樹) is a masculine Japanese given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:Naoki Abe , Japanese long jumper Naoki Bandō , Japanese voice actor Naoki Chiba , Japanese former football player Naoki Eiga , Japanese kendoka Naoki Furukawa , Japanese politician Naoki Goto , Japanese footballer Naoki Hagiwara , Japanese goalball player Naoki Hamaguchi , Japanese video game…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Naoki
American parents first put Naoki on the record books as a baby boy name in 1980, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 16 Naokis were born — ranking #5,449 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 33% of all recorded Naokis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 322 Naokis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Naoki
Naoki is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 322 births in the dataset. Naoki's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #5,449. Use the chart and map above to compare Naoki'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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