Nakoa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nah-KOH-a
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #1,602 for boys
Nakoa is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the warriors”. In 2025 it ranked 1,602nd for boys in the US (106 babies).
What does Nakoa mean?
Hawaiian: from Hawaiian na koa
“the warriors”
Koa means brave or warrior in Hawaiian and is also the name of a native hardwood tree.
Is Nakoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakoa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 106 boys in the US.
How popular is Nakoa in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 boys.
Nakoa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
How popular is Nakoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,602nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 106 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 106 boys in the US were named Nakoa, making it the 1,602nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,024th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 116 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 7 girls were also named Nakoa in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Nakoa in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 117 boys in the US were given Nakoa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,352, up from #1,602 for this spelling alone.
- Nakoa 106
- Nakoah 11
Nakoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | #1,602 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,530 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,518 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,706 |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,614 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,024 |
| 2019 | 75 | #1,953 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Nicknames for Nakoa
- Koa 306 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Nakoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Kai, Keanu, Kairo, Makai, Ozzy, Yusuf, Nikolai, Luca, Yunus, Loki, Bodhi
Names related to Nakoa
More Hawaiian names
Leilani, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Makoa, Alakai
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nakoa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakoa, updated 20 October 2026.