Recorded 1988–1995 Girls' name Peak 1990 25 births

Coua — girls' name

25 babies named Coua in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s20
1990s
Peak decade

80% of everyone ever named Coua was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

7 babies were named Coua in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Coua

The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Coua between 1988 and 1995, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Coua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Coua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Coua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Coua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Coua in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 25 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Coua at a glance

Last recorded 1995

Total births

25

Since 1988

8 years of records

Peak year

1990

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1995

Active since

1988

Recorded for 8 years

Last year on file: 1995

Coua popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1988

Last recorded 1995
Peak year (1990)
7
Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 1995199419901988 5

Coua by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
20 births that decade — 80% of Coua's all-time total
1980s51990s20

Coua by state

Where Coua concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Coua
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 20.0%
California share of Coua's total US births 20.0%

5 of 25 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Coua?
25 babies have been named Coua since 1988. It was last recorded in 1995. The peak year was 1990 with 7 births.
When was Coua most popular?
Coua was most popular in the 1990s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Coua most popular?
The top states for the name Coua are California (5 births).
How long has the name Coua been used?
Coua has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 8 years of data through 1995.
What names are similar to Coua?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Courtney, Courtnie, Courtnee, Courtenay, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.