Toa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOH-ah
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Toa is a boys' name, meaning “brave, warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Toa mean?
Polynesian; a Samoan, Tongan and Maori word
“brave, warrior”
In Samoan, Tongan and Maori, toa means brave or a warrior, and it is used as a name across Polynesia.
Is Toa a girl's or a boy's name?
Toa 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 Toa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 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, 14 boys in the US were named Toa, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Toa in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Toa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Toa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Kairo Kota Yug Loki Chozen Mikko Kaizen Kenzo Zuko Rumi Takai
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, “Toa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toa, updated 20 October 2026.