Hoa
- Last seen for girls in 1996 at #11,807
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
- Given to girls 50.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 26 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 270since 1975
Hoa over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
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| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #5,772 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five girls were named Hoa! It came in at #9,067, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Hoa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Hoa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Hoa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1983 at #3,151 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 6 yrs 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 62,716
- Highest: 1 in 62,716 girls born in 1982 were named Hoa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 292,168 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,151 in 1983, was only 1 in 64,254 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 67.4% of all girls named Hoa (182) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 29 | #4,842 (1979) | #8,236 |
| 1980s | 182 | #3,151 (1983) | #4,687 |
| 1990s | 59 | #6,314 (1992) | #9,695 |
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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