Loa
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 904since 1894
Loa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Loa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
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First appearance
1894
The first year at least five girls were named Loa! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1910, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Loa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Loa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Loa
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 379 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #6,546)
- 3,000 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #6,546)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1894 at #1,136 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr 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 27,865
- Highest: 1 in 27,865 girls born in 1894 were named Loa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 19.0% of all girls named Loa (172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #1,136 (1894) | #1,429 |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,877 (1904) | #2,006 |
| 1910s | 97 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,455 |
| 1920s | 172 | #1,566 (1924) | #2,230 |
| 1930s | 164 | #1,507 (1936) | #2,091 |
| 1940s | 120 | #2,151 (1943) | #2,854 |
| 1950s | 84 | #3,269 (1953) | #4,325 |
| 1960s | 24 | #4,239 (1961) | #5,089 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 13 | #12,579 (2008) | #14,874 |
| 2010s | 91 | #8,632 (2012) | #11,160 |
| 2020s | 106 | #5,390 (2023) | #6,721 |
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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