Knoa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOH-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
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Knoa is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “rest, comfort”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Knoa mean?
Hebrew: respelling of Noah with a silent K
“rest, comfort”
A respelling of Noah, the biblical builder of the ark, with a silent K as in know.
Is Knoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Knoa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Knoa in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 3 boys.
Knoa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
How popular is Knoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Knoa, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Knoa in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Knoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
Names like Knoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Kai Lawi Keanu Makai Kane Nikolai Noam Kofi Matvii Lux Kuzey
Names related to Knoa
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Knoa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/knoa, updated 20 October 2026.