Boys' name · since 2008
Koh
Koh has 39 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 39
- total births
- 2008–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
39 boys have been named Koh since 2008, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koh has been recorded 39 times among boys since 2008, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2021.
- 39 total births
- 2008–2021 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Koh's 39 recorded births place it above 47% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Koh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Koh splits its recorded history at 2012: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Koh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2021
- Peak year (2011)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Koh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Koh's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Koh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 24 births (62% of all-time use).
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What to do with Koh's data
- Koh's decade-level peak was the 2010s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2008–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Koh: Baby Name Since 2008 - 39 Births, Peak 2011." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/koh. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Koh 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 July 2026.