Nekoda
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- neh-KOH-dah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Nekoda is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Nekoda mean?
Hebrew: biblical name in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Nekoda is the head of a family listed among the returning exiles in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Is Nekoda a girl's or a boy's name?
Nekoda is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nekoda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Nekoda, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Nekoda in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nekoda in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Nicknames for Nekoda
- Koda 61 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Nekoda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koda, Finnegan, Thiago, Cassian, Yeshua, Musa, Callahan, Kyaire, Kayden, Ezra, Raiden, Caspian
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nekoda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nekoda, updated 20 October 2026.