Koah

What Koah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Koah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #4,179 in 2015, #912 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Koah?

US: Rising: up from #4179 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 260 boys got the name (#912 that year). First in the US records in 2005.

How common

• About 1 in 6,570 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,332 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in LA (0.58 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.4 per 1,000 boys), SC (0.33 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Koah is #912 in the US and #697 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 83.6% of US babies named Koah were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kai3,768 US · 672 E&W
• Koa1,281 US · 259 E&W
• Koe104 US
• Koi40 US
• Koy18 US
• Kay10 US
• Coa10 US
• Kao8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Koah

Boys

• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Miles#44Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025
• Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Aurelia#290“golden”^*
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Koah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.