Loa
Girl · LOH-uh · Scandinavian
Loa is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “golden plover”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Loa mean?
Scandinavian: Icelandic loa 'golden plover'
“golden plover”
In Iceland the golden plover, loa, is the traditional herald of spring.
- Say it
- LOH-uh
Is Loa a girl's or a boy's name?
Loa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Loa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Loa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Loa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
How popular is Loa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 90% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Loa, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1924, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the girls named Loa in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Loa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,101 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,507 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,816 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
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