How rare is the name Ngoc?

11,554 people in the United States have the first name Ngoc, about 1 in 26,141. It ranks #2,256 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NGOC

#2,256

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,554
About
1 in 26,141
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,554 people named Ngoc, 98.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 80.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ngoc peaked in 1982, when 55 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
55
In 2025*
5 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 727 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ngoc by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,372. The largest share of babies named Ngoc, 66.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#12,39146
1980s#4,372346
1990s#7,970204
2000s#20,84765
2010s#25,92743
2020s#25,57523
Generation X 1965–8010.6%
Millennials 1981–9666.7%
Generation Z 1997–1215.5%
2013 and later7.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Ngoc

#2,254 Sang · 11,561#2,255 Sky · 11,558#2,257 Edison · 11,547#2,258 Jamar · 11,527

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