Boys' name · since 1976
Khoa
817 babies named Khoa in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,456 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 817
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
817 babies have been named Khoa since 1976, making it today's #4456 boys' name.
Khoa has 817 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4456 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #5,834 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,456 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 817 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khoa ranks #5,834 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,456 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 817 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,456 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 817
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Khoa's 817 recorded births place it above 87.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Khoa compares
817 Top 35% higher than 65% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Khoa's all-time total is 121% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khoa | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 817 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khoa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Khoa's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Khoa popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1985)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Khoa popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Khoa as girls' name)
Khoa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (203 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Khoa's strongest decade.
203 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Khoa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1980s
1980s
182 births
- 1990s
1990s
203 births
- 2000s
2000s
169 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s
2020s
112 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 203 births (25% of all-time use).
How Khoa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Khoa's total volume
Khoa by state
Where Khoa concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 192 | 23.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 47 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.6% |
192 of 817 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Khoa's data
- Khoa's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (203 total births) through the 2020s (112) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Khoas (192 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Khoa
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khoa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Khoa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.