girls:
71 births since 2017
#5645 (1st percentile)
boys:
816 births since 2005
#3771 (18th percentile)
overall:
887 births since 2005
#6852 (11th percentile)
The name Koah is the #6,852 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 887 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 11.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,771 (17.7% percentile) for all time with 816 births since 2005. For girls, it ranks #5,645 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 71 births since 2017.
Koah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (2005 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Koah is available in 18 out of the 19 years between 2005 and 2023 (18 years for boys and 7 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 Koah has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 89.0% of babies named Koah were boys.
For boys, Koah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 20.9% percentile (ranked #721) with 106 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 106 births per million (ranked 20.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Koah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #721 (20.9% percentile) with 106 births per million.
For girls, Koah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #928) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Koah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #928 (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Koah".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Koah is pronounced as KOH-uh, which has 2 syllables.
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