Pahoua — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pahoua

The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Pahoua between 1983 and 2000, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pahoua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pahoua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pahoua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Pahoua in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pahoua 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 148 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.