How rare is the name Khoa?

4,333 people in the United States have the first name Khoa, about 1 in 69,705. It ranks #4,350 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KHOA

#4,350

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,333
About
1 in 69,705
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,333 people named Khoa, 97.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1% as White. 95.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Khoa peaked in 1985, when 29 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
1985
Births that year
29
In 2025*
23 ▼21%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 822 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Khoa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #6,758. The largest share of babies named Khoa, 38.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#15,98724
1980s#6,758182
1990s#7,999203
2000s#11,404169
2010s#14,371127
2020s#10,491117
Generation X 1965–804.3%
Millennials 1981–9638.9%
Generation Z 1997–1232%
2013 and later24.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Khoa

#4,348 Eleanore · 4,335#4,349 Bogdan · 4,334#4,351 Judd · 4,329#4,352 Bradyn · 4,327

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Khoa, most common first.

#5,778 Khoi · 2,880#10,160 Kha · 1,326#15,183 Khia · 762#27,750 Khou · 328#28,872 Khya · 309#38,650 Khoua · 198

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