Nyoka

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636

Peak · girls
1943 · 60 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
946
since 1941

Nyoka over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nyoka has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,027, 1943girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2007#17,6365
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2003#13,8446
2002#10,2469
2001#13,5216
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1998#10,1228
1997#9,0179
1996
1995#13,3865
1994#10,5697
1993#8,05210
1992#10,4797
1991#9,3368
1990#6,46513
1989#8,7618
1988
1987#5,07415
1986#6,15611
1985#5,07714
1984#7,3988
1983#4,88414
1982#4,94514
1981#5,25413
1980#4,97814
1979#3,77720
1978#4,07917
1977#3,91118
1976#3,67818
1975#3,40420
1974#4,04115
1973#2,40531
1972#2,59827
1971#2,87424
1970#7,0706
1969#4,19812
1968#3,61014
1967
1966#5,8096
1965#4,8318
1964#5,4747
1963#3,33615
1962#3,78212
1961#3,46014
1960#4,7738
1959#3,61912
1958#3,37913
1957#3,93010
1956#3,32113
1955#2,15625
1954#2,77916
1953#2,51618
1952#2,80615
1951#1,80529
1950#2,00223
1949#2,06922
1948#1,52037
1947#1,66133
1946#2,09420
1945#1,62126
1944#1,54528
1943#1,02760
1942#1,18045
1941#4,4205
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First appearance
1941

The first year at least five girls were named Nyoka! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Nyoka
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1943 at #1,027 (60 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,255
  • Highest: 1 in 23,255 girls born in 1943 were named Nyoka (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 29.2% of all girls named Nyoka (276) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s276#1,027 (1943)#1,904
1950s174#1,805 (1951)#2,831
1960s96#3,336 (1963)#4,364
1970s196#2,405 (1973)#3,784
1980s111#4,884 (1983)#5,836
1990s67#6,465 (1990)#9,678
2000s26#10,246 (2002)#13,812

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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