girls:
270 births since 1975
#5446 (5th percentile)
boys:
262 births since 1978
#4324 (6th percentile)
overall:
532 births since 1975
#7207 (7th percentile)
The name Hoa is the #7,207 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 532 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 6.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,446 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 270 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #4,324 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 262 births since 1978.
Hoa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Hoa is available in 27 out of the 30 years between 1975 and 2004 (24 years for boys and 21 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hoa is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2004, 100.0% of babies named Hoa were boys. Interestingly, until around 1992, the name was more popular for girls (56.5% girls from 1975 to 1991), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (67.7% boys from 1992 to 2004).
For girls, Hoa reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #771) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
For boys, Hoa reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #666) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hoa".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hoa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Hoa is pronounced as HOH-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HOH-ah, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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