Killua
Boy · kee-LOO-a · Modern
Killua is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Killua mean?
Modern: invented name from the Japanese manga Hunter x Hunter
Killua Zoldyck is the white-haired former assassin in Yoshihiro Togashi's manga and anime Hunter x Hunter.
- Say it
- kee-LOO-a
Is Killua a girl's or a boy's name?
Killua is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Killua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 190% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Killua, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019.
2025 had fewer boys named Killua than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Killua in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Killua in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
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