Hoa
Hoa is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Hoa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hoa is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Hoa
As a girl name
American parents first put Hoa on the record books as a girl name in 1975, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 27 Hoas were born — ranking #3,171 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 67% of all recorded Hoas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1996 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 270 Hoas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Hoa on the record books as a boy name in 1978, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 21 Hoas were born — ranking #2,338 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 53% of all recorded Hoas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2004 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 262 Hoas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Hoa
Hoa is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 270 births in the dataset. Hoa's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #3,171. Use the chart and map above to compare Hoa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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