Koal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Koal is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “coal”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Koal mean?
English: spelling of Cole, or of the word coal
“coal”
A respelling blending Cole and the word coal; Cole began as an English byname for someone coal-dark.
Is Koal a girl's or a boy's name?
Koal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Koal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Koal, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Koal in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,217 boys in the US were given Koal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #183, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Koal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
Names like Koal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kai, Koa, Keanu, Kaleo, Kainoa, Kane, Makai, Makoa, Ridge, Kayden, Kailo, Kael
Other spellings of Koal
Names related to Koal
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Koal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/koal, updated 20 October 2026.