girls:
577 births since 1979
#5139 (10th percentile)
boys:
5.3k births since 1978
#1647 (64th percentile)
overall:
5.8k births since 1978
#3555 (54th percentile)
The name Koa is the #3,555 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,836 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 54.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,647 (64.1% percentile) for all time with 5,259 births since 1978. For girls, it ranks #5,139 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 577 births since 1979.
Koa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for boys and 1979 for girls). Birth data for Koa is available in 38 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (35 years for boys and 24 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 Koa has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.4% of babies named Koa were boys.
For boys, Koa reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 68.8% percentile (ranked #285) with 609 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 609 births per million (ranked 68.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Koa is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #285 (68.8% percentile) with 609 births per million.
For girls, Koa reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 12.1% percentile (ranked #842) with 67 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 67 births per million (ranked 12.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Koa is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #834 (11.9% percentile) with 67 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Koa".
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