Khoa

Khoa was the #4,396 boys' name in the US in 2025 (23 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Khoa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Khoa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Khoa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,396 (23)#5,137 (3)—
2024#5,067 (19)——
2023#4,002 (27)——
2022#6,479 (13)——
2021#5,110 (18)#4,789 (3)—
2020#6,620 (12)——
2019#8,889 (8)——
2018#5,770 (15)——
2017#7,095 (11)——
2016#8,146 (9)——
2015#6,324 (13)—#2,715 (5)
2014#7,048 (11)——
2013#4,621 (20)——
2012#6,001 (14)——
2011#4,983 (18)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #1,975.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Khoa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 68,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 37,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Khoa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Khoa (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KhoaCanadaBoys—too few
KhoaEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
KhoaUSGirls—too few
KhoaUSBoys#4,39623