Koa
- #1,587 for girls in 2025, 132 births
- #269 for boys in 2025, 1,281 births
- Given to boys 90.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,281 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,702since 1978
Koa over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,587 | 132 | #269 | 1,281 |
| 2024 | #1,559 | 136 | #292 | 1,152 |
| 2023 | #1,724 | 119 | #298 | 1,119 |
| 2022 | #1,720 | 121 | #350 | 941 |
| 2021 | #2,848 | 59 | #545 | 536 |
| 2020 | #2,931 | 55 | #582 | 477 |
| 2019 | #3,611 | 42 | #739 | 326 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #809 | 278 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 | #936 | 223 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #1,221 | 153 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #1,157 | 162 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #1,456 | 112 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #1,459 | 113 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #1,407 | 118 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #1,687 | 88 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #1,898 | 75 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #1,825 | 81 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #1,874 | 77 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #2,304 | 56 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #2,784 | 41 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #2,614 | 42 |
| 2004 | — | #2,697 | 39 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,817 | 33 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,830 | 17 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
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| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
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| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Koa! It came in at #4,554, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Koa is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Hawaii#28 · 1 in 133
- Nevada#140 · 1 in 513
- Alaska#143 · 1 in 379
- Delaware#168 · 1 in 491
- South Carolina#178 · 1 in 684
Best ever in a state: #18 in Hawaii, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #28 | 22 | 1 in 133 |
| Nevada | #140 | 22 | 1 in 513 |
| Alaska | #143 | 6 | 1 in 379 |
| Delaware | #168 | 6 | 1 in 491 |
| South Carolina | #178 | 31 | 1 in 684 |
| Georgia | #193 | 64 | 1 in 785 |
| New Mexico | #193 | 10 | 1 in 650 |
| Utah | #198 | 27 | 1 in 728 |
| Montana | #201 | 6 | 1 in 627 |
| Maine | #206 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| North Carolina | #210 | 59 | 1 in 872 |
| Idaho | #214 | 12 | 1 in 719 |
| California | #220 | 169 | 1 in 1,038 |
| Virginia | #230 | 38 | 1 in 980 |
| Alabama | #238 | 23 | 1 in 936 |
| Mississippi | #239 | 13 | 1 in 834 |
| Kansas | #246 | 15 | 1 in 936 |
| Arkansas | #247 | 14 | 1 in 899 |
| Florida | #247 | 83 | 1 in 1,151 |
| Arizona | #266 | 30 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Missouri | #272 | 25 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Colorado | #278 | 23 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Oklahoma | #282 | 17 | 1 in 1,040 |
| Maryland | #285 | 19 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Ohio | #287 | 42 | 1 in 1,251 |
| Louisiana | #293 | 17 | 1 in 1,125 |
| Nebraska | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,102 |
| Oregon | #295 | 14 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Connecticut | #296 | 10 | 1 in 1,321 |
| Texas | #297 | 131 | 1 in 1,336 |
| Pennsylvania | #304 | 37 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Kentucky | #305 | 17 | 1 in 1,208 |
| Michigan | #307 | 31 | 1 in 1,297 |
| Tennessee | #311 | 28 | 1 in 1,313 |
| Washington | #321 | 23 | 1 in 1,426 |
| Indiana | #325 | 23 | 1 in 1,377 |
| Illinois | #334 | 32 | 1 in 1,549 |
| Wisconsin | #340 | 16 | 1 in 1,465 |
| Massachusetts | #347 | 15 | 1 in 1,801 |
| Iowa | #379 | 9 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Minnesota | #420 | 13 | 1 in 1,885 |
| New Jersey | #452 | 17 | 1 in 2,339 |
| New York | #455 | 37 | 1 in 2,282 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Koa
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 313 spots since 2020 (#582 → #269)
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 2017
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2025 at #269 (1,281 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,333
- Highest: 1 in 1,333 boys born in 2025 were named Koa (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 71.5% of all boys named Koa (5,506) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1992
- Mostly girls until 1991, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 | #4,554 (1978) | #4,554 |
| 1980s | 13 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,204 |
| 1990s | 96 | #3,480 (1999) | #5,311 |
| 2000s | 432 | #1,825 (2009) | #2,897 |
| 2010s | 1,648 | #739 (2019) | #1,277 |
| 2020s | 5,506 | #269 (2025) | #389 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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