Baby Name Popularity Profile

Koa

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Koa.

✦ Brave, bold, or warrior 🌍 Other Nature Spiritual
National Rank (2025) #269
All-Time Peak Rank #269 Achieved 2025
Total U.S. Births 7,702 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 90.2% Boy / 9.8% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1978 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2020s 1,281 births in 2025
💡 The Koa Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Brave, bold, or warrior
Language Origin Other
Origin Type uncertain
Derived from the Hawaiian word for 'brave', 'bold', or 'warrior'.
Pronunciation: KO-ah
Themes & Categories
Nature Spiritual
Etymology confidence: Medium · Under review

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Koa across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +168.6%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +690.7%
2015: 162 births 162 2016: 153 births 2017: 223 births 2018: 278 births 2019: 326 births 2020: 477 births 477 2021: 536 births 2022: 941 births 2023: 1,119 births 2024: 1,152 births 2025: 1,281 births 1,281
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 1,281 births in 2025
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 4 yrs
Longest Streak 34 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 0
1960s: 0
1970s: 7
1980s: 13
1990s: 96
2000s: 432
2010s: 1,648
2020s: 5,506

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Koa
Letter Count 3 letters
Spelling Complexity Easy
Length Percentile Longer than 0.2% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 0.2% of SSA names. Starts with K, a letter used by only 7.8% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Hawaii
Top States Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, California
States with Data 45
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Hawaii #30 355 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada #145 101 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #270 238 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Utah #204 158 2022 Insufficient historical volume
California #221 1,631 2022 +57.9% Growth
Washington #332 233 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #247 490 2024 +107.5% Growth
Oregon #303 111 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #287 137 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho #227 40 2022 Insufficient historical volume
New Mexico #206 51 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Delaware #192 18 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #193 222 2025 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #210 227 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska #156 11 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #298 564 2025 +403.8% Growth
Virginia #232 153 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #287 85 2023 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #184 87 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #317 126 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana #301 94 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #293 75 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #247 91 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #333 105 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #292 181 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #275 87 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #248 49 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska #316 28 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas #254 38 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #312 61 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut #311 38 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #309 172 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #309 120 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #349 63 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #458 83 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #439 53 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #340 141 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #259 27 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #384 33 2022 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota Unranked 8 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New York #459 170 2025 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia Unranked 20 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #352 50 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Montana #214 6 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Maine #222 6 2025 Insufficient historical volume

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