Unisex name · since 2006
Knoa
65 babies named Knoa in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,346 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,065 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
65 babies have been named Knoa since 2006, making it today's #7065 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Knoa has been recorded 65 times among boys since 2006, currently ranked #7065 nationally and more common than 49% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #20,346 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,065 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 65 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Knoa ranks #20,346 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,065 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 65 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,346 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,065 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Knoa's 65 recorded births place it above 55.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Knoa compares
65 20th percentile among 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
Knoa's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Knoa | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 65 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Knoa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Knoa's full recorded timeline at 2022, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Knoa popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Knoa popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 2021 (Knoa as girls' name)
Knoa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (51 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Knoa's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Knoa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 51 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Knoa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Knoa 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.