Koah Boy
How popular is Koah?
#912 boy name in 2025
260 baby boys were named Koah in the US in 2025, making it the 912th most popular boy name. Another 51 girls got the name (#3,130 for girls).
Koah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #912 for boys (▲ 170 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 260 boys, 51 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+983% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,177 in 2015, #1,962 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (260 boys) |
| Highest rank | #912 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 2005 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 88% boys, 12% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Koah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Koa family of names ranked #240 for boys in 2025 (#265 the year before), with 1,558 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Koa | 1,281 | 82% |
| Koah | 260 | 17% |
| Coa | 10 | 1% |
| Coah | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Koah is most popular
Babies named Koah per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 0.3 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Montana: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (43 boys)
Koah by decade
Boy names about as popular as Koah
Questions
- Is Koah a boy or girl name?
- Koah is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 88% of babies named Koah were boys.
- How popular is the name Koah?
- 260 baby boys were named Koah in the US in 2025, making it the 912th most popular boy name. Another 51 girls got the name (#3,130 for girls).
- When was Koah most popular?
- Koah peaked in 2025, when 260 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #912 in 2025.
- How many people are named Koah?
- 1,438 babies have been named Koah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,433 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 3.
- Where is Koah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Koah was most common in New Mexico, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.