Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Khoa

#5,399 most common boys' name of all time · #13,425 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among boys
#5,399
Rank overall
#13,425 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
822
Since 2016
160
Peak year
1985 #2,016
Best rank
#2,016 1985
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
198020002020

Khoa first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 23 23 #4,458
2024 5 19 24 #5,126
2023 — 27 27 #4,050
2022 — 13 13 #6,589
2021 — 18 18 #5,206
2020 — 12 12 #6,770
2019 — 8 8 #9,150
2018 — 15 15 #5,860
2017 — 11 11 #7,261
2016 — 9 9 #8,349
2015 — 13 13 #6,440
2014 — 11 11 #7,249
2013 — 20 20 #4,705
2012 — 14 14 #6,100
2011 — 18 18 #5,084
2010 — 8 8 #9,095
2009 — 14 14 #6,220
2008 — 18 18 #5,146
2007 — 20 20 #4,717
2006 — 18 18 #4,972
2005 — 11 11 #6,821
2004 — 12 12 #6,301
2003 — 19 19 #4,352
2002 — 16 16 #4,800
2001 — 22 22 #3,805
2000 — 19 19 #4,147
1999 — 19 19 #3,928
1998 — 16 16 #4,321
1997 — 19 19 #3,684
1996 — 21 21 #3,365
1995 — 19 19 #3,520
1994 — 20 20 #3,434
1993 — 24 24 #2,922
1992 — 22 22 #3,079
1991 — 21 21 #3,076
1990 — 22 22 #2,937
1989 — 15 15 #3,771
1988 — 16 16 #3,321
1987 — 15 15 #3,316
1986 — 23 23 #2,423
1985 — 29 29 #2,016
1984 — 26 26 #2,094
1983 — 22 22 #2,337
1982 — 11 11 #3,937
1981 — 14 14 #3,208
1980 — 11 11 #3,825
1979 — 10 10 #4,045
1977 — 7 7 #5,059
1976 — 7 7 #4,910