Koah

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A few things about Koah you might not know, from US birth records. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 6,570 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Koah, 260 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Koah would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKoah first shows up in US birth records in 2005, the first year at least 5 babies got it. That makes it a fairly new name, younger than many of today's parents.
• 🏆Best yearKoah is at its all-time high right now: #912 in 2025.
• ✨New on the sceneKoah wasn't given to enough babies to be counted in 2000. It only took off after 2005.
• 🚀TrendKoah has climbed 1,050 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #912. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedKoah is most popular in Louisiana, where it ranks #426, followed by Oklahoma (#552) and South Carolina (#608). It's in the top 1,000 in 14 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlKoah is given to both boys and girls: 84% of the 311 babies named Koah in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Koah

Koah is a boy name. It has 4 letters and 1 syllable, starting with K and ending in “-oah”. US birth records list Koah for boys from 2005 to 2025, in 20 of those 21 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #912 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #912, with 260 babies.