Ngoc
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NGOK
- Origin
- Vietnamese
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Ngoc is a girls' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “jade, precious stone”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Ngoc mean?
Vietnamese
“jade, precious stone”
Is Ngoc a girl's or a boy's name?
Ngoc is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ngoc in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Ngoc, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Ngoc of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Ngoc in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Ngoc in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Ngoc, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1982, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Ngoc in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1992, 82% of the babies named Ngoc in the US were girls.
Ngoc in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,624 |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,551 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Ngoc
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiki, Suki, Dakota, Rumi, Yumna, Mika, Yuna, Miri, Akua, Akosua, Kiyomi, Tori
More Vietnamese names
An, Minh, Anh, Vy, Khoi, Khang, Can, Nhi, Nam, Thang, Khoa, Vinh, Phuong, Nguyen, Liem, Duy
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, “Ngoc: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ngoc, updated 20 October 2026.