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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 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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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
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- 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
- 23 spots since 2024 (#292 → #269)
- 313 spots since 2020 (#582 → #269)
- 888 spots since 2015 (#1,157 → #269)
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 2017 (#1,221 → #936)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2025 at #269 (1,281 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,333 boys born in 2025 were named Koa (0.07%)
- 71.5% of all boys named Koa (5,506) were born in this decade
- 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.
Koa in 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 12,176 of them was named Koa, which outranked 90.8% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #1,581Maven133
- #1,581Naia133
- #1,581Shirley133
- #1,587Koa132
- #1,587Kinsleigh132
- #1,587Lidia132
- #1,587Perla132
- #1,592Aislinn131
- #1,592Alaiyah131
- #1,592Anyla131
Tied with 4 names at #1,587; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 1,333 of them was named Koa, which outranked 98.1% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.