NameTides

Koah

Koah was the #912 boys' name in the US in 2025 (260 babies), and #697 in England & Wales and #1,167 in Canada.

Koah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Koah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Koah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#912 (260)#697 (51)#560 (5)#395 (3)#402 (9)#1,167 (21)
2024#1,082 (201)#880 (36)#727 (3)——#1,306 (17)
2023#1,088 (197)#929 (33)#614 (4)#395 (3)#660 (4)#2,921 (5)
2022#1,296 (147)#1,011 (29)———#2,052 (8)
2021#1,964 (76)#1,184 (23)#533 (5)#266 (7)—#2,491 (6)
2020#1,962 (73)#1,314 (19)——#741 (3)#1,708 (10)
2019#2,228 (62)#1,506 (16)#701 (3)——#1,998 (8)
2018#3,171 (36)#3,412 (5)———#2,740 (5)
2017#2,891 (41)#4,812 (3)———#2,762 (5)
2016#3,059 (38)—————
2015#4,179 (24)—————
2014#3,693 (28)#2,248 (9)————
2013#5,404 (16)—————
2012#6,626 (12)—————
2011#5,433 (16)————#2,629 (5)

Koah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Koah as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Koah as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. 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.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#3,130 (51)—
2024#3,963 (37)—
2023#5,248 (24)#5,688 (3)
2022#8,032 (13)—
2021#10,292 (9)—
2020#15,088 (5)—
2019#11,356 (8)#4,686 (4)
2018#13,793 (6)—
2017#14,124 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #912.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2005.
  • In 2025, 16% of US babies named Koah were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,600 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 6,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Koah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 6,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Koah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: 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: #801OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #856TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Koah (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
KoahCanadaBoys#1,16721
KoahEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KoahEngland & WalesBoys#69751
KoahIrelandBoys#4029
KoahNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
KoahScotlandBoys#5605
KoahUSGirls#3,13051
KoahUSBoys#912260