Koal

Peak · boys
2003 · 13 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
250
since 1991

Koal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Koal has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,558, 2003boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#9,8947
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2022#10,8636
2021#12,1465
2020#7,03411
2019#8,8898
2018#10,7606
2017#12,2465
2016#12,1855
2015#6,67612
2014#8,7818
2013#9,6557
2012#6,62612
2011#8,7678
2010#6,69812
2009#12,4915
2008#6,76312
2007#9,7887
2006#6,46012
2005#7,6409
2004#8,9277
2003#5,55813
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2001#10,5565
2000#6,8399
1999#8,7046
1998#6,8438
1997#9,2655
1996#7,9716
1995#7,7926
1994#8,8005
1993#7,6386
1992#8,4355
1991#7,2716
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First appearance
1991

The first year at least five boys were named Koal! It came in at #7,271, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2001–2002, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Koal is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Koal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Koal
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 801 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #10,695)
  • 3,661 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #10,695)
  • 4,019 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2003 at #5,558 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 151,950
  • Highest: 1 in 151,950 boys born in 2003 were named Koal (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.2% of all boys named Koal (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s53#6,843 (1998)#8,080
2000s79#5,558 (2003)#8,336
2010s83#6,626 (2012)#9,128
2020s35#7,034 (2020)#10,126

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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