Ngoc
Ngoc is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Ngoc
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ngoc is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Ngoc
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Ngoc as a girl name dates back to 1975, when 5 babies received it. 1982 was its biggest year on record, with 47 newborns named Ngoc — #2,150 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Ngoc on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Ngoc last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 667 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Ngoc first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1980, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1983: 10 births, good for #3,884 nationwide. About 76% of every Ngoc on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Ngoc last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 54 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ngoc
Ngoc is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 667 births in the dataset. Ngoc's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #2,150. Use the chart and map above to compare Ngoc'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.