Given name & surname
Naki
“the firstborn daughter”
Naki is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “the firstborn daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “the firstborn daughter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Naki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65
- 60 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,304 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,304 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020; 323 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Naki’s family of names
Naki has a related form in Nakee. Naki has a related form in Nakey. Naki has a related form in Nakie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Naki, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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