Khoa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KWAH
- Origin
- Vietnamese
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Khoa is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “branch of learning”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Khoa mean?
Vietnamese: Sino-Vietnamese khoa
“branch of learning”
A Sino-Vietnamese word for a field of study or examination degree, often chosen to wish a child academic success.
Is Khoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Khoa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 97% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Khoa, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Khoa in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
Names like Khoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kai Koa Kainoa Kekoa Makoa Kaleo Kane Nakoa Keanu Makai Keoni Dakota
Names related to Khoa
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Khoa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khoa, updated 20 October 2026.