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Koa

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Koa is ranked 292nd among boys in 2024 (1,145 births). Its best rank was 292nd, in 2024.

Rank in 2024
#292up 6 from 2023
Births in 2024
1,1450.07% of boys
Peak year
20241,145 births
Best rank
#292in 2024
Since 1978
7,124people given the name
Babies named Koa, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

6,410 boys have been named Koa in the United States since 1978, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,145 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2021, and the 2020s alone account for 66%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 714 girls have also been given it, 10% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Koa
1970s7
1980s13
1990s96
2000s432
2010s1,647
2020s4,215

In 2024, its biggest year

Koa was the 292nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Koa

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.