boys:
775 births since 1976
#3812 (17th percentile)
overall:
775 births since 1976
#6964 (10th percentile)
The name Khoa is the #6,964 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 775 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,812 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 775 births since 1976.
Khoa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Khoa is available in 47 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Khoa reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #671) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Khoa is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #889 (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Khoa".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Khoa", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Koa" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Koa..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Khoa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.4% confident that Khoa is pronounced as KOH-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kwah, at 15.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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