Given name
Khoa
Khoa is a masculine given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khoa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 822
- 817 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,478 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +91%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,478 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 81.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1985. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,333 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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