Girls' name · since 2014
Loah
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 69 babies named Loah, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,307 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,900 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Loah is the #12900 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 69 recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Loah recorded 69 times among girls since 2014, holding rank #12900 nationally today, ahead of 25% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #31,307 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,900 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loah ranks #31,307 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,900 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 69 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,307 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,900 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Loah's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Loah compares
69 19th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Loah's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Loah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Loah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Loah's full recorded timeline at 2022, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Loah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Loah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (54 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Loah's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Loah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 54 births (78% of all-time use).
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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, 2014–2025 (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 Loah 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.