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.

Loa

#7,547 most common girls' name of all time · #12,655 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1894–2025

Rank among girls
#7,547
Rank overall
#12,655 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
904
Since 2016
143
Peak year
1924 #1,595
Best rank
#1,236 1894
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Loa first appears in 1894. 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 17 17 #6,565
2024 19 19 #6,184
2023 23 23 #5,406
2022 20 20 #6,004
2021 17 17 #6,711
2020 10 10 #9,592
2019 11 11 #9,141
2018 10 10 #9,843
2017 9 9 #10,730
2016 7 7 #12,935
2015 7 7 #13,049
2014 10 10 #10,169
2013 10 10 #10,270
2012 13 13 #8,655
2011 8 8 #12,205
2010 6 6 #15,035
2008 8 8 #12,626
2006 5 5 #17,257
1963 5 5 #6,713
1961 10 10 #4,293
1960 9 9 #4,497
1959 6 6 #5,660
1958 7 7 #4,973
1957 8 8 #4,608
1956 5 5 #6,088
1955 9 9 #4,126
1954 9 9 #4,034
1953 12 12 #3,328
1952 10 10 #3,613
1951 10 10 #3,534
1950 8 8 #4,038
1949 9 9 #3,672
1948 14 14 #2,734
1947 13 13 #2,948
1946 7 7 #4,076
1945 12 12 #2,648
1944 9 9 #3,206
1943 17 17 #2,186
1942 16 16 #2,249
1941 9 9 #3,085
1940 14 14 #2,238
1939 22 22 #1,658
1938 21 21 #1,727
1937 15 15 #2,148
1936 24 24 #1,526
1935 14 14 #2,249
1934 16 16 #2,032
1933 19 19 #1,801
1932 10 10 #2,897
1931 13 13 #2,355
1930 10 10 #2,919
1929 16 16 #2,135
1928 17 17 #2,144
1927 11 11 #2,925
1926 17 17 #2,195
1925 20 20 #1,967
1924 29 29 #1,595
1923 12 12 #2,799
1922 15 15 #2,430
1921 13 13 #2,677
1920 22 22 #1,856
1919 13 13 #2,571
1918 17 17 #2,163
1917 19 19 #1,887
1916 12 12 #2,566
1915 9 9 #2,975
1914 8 8 #2,738
1913 6 6 #2,950
1912 5 5 #3,106
1911 8 8 #1,887
1909 5 5 #2,355
1904 5 5 #2,033
1900 5 5 #2,081
1899 5 5 #1,758
1897 5 5 #1,725
1894 8 8 #1,236