Knoa — #7079 US boys' name
53 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.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
74% of everyone ever named Knoa was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Knoa in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Knoa
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Knoa between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Knoa currently holds the #7079 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Knoa is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 2021.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Knoa performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Knoa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Knoa 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 53 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.
Knoa at a glance
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Current rank
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Knoa popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2024)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #7079 among boys.
53 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 12 births in a single year.
Knoa popularity over time — girls
12 total births recorded since 2021 (Knoa as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Knoa accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Knoa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 39 births that decade — 74% of Knoa's all-time total
Knoa decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Knoa's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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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, 2006–2024 (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.