Given name & surname
Toa
“a brave-hearted woman”
Toa is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a brave-hearted woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a brave-hearted woman.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Toa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 167
- 167 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,414 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +56%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,414 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 321 as a first name in 2020; 261 as a surname 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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