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Killua

100% boys · 14 born in 2025

Killua has been given to about 118 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2023, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 117
Median age today4 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Killua per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2023 · 27
  • Born in 202514
  • All time118

How popular is Killua?

Its best year was 2023, when 27 babies were given the name, ranking 4075th. The typical living American called Killua is about 4 years old today.

Names that sound like Killua

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Killian0.61
  2. Cillian0.58
  3. Callum0.48
  4. Joshua0.45
  5. Krishna0.46

Middle names for Killua

Ranked by flow score
  1. Killua John0.83
  2. Killua Lee0.83
  3. Killua Dean0.82
  4. Killua Bryce0.82
  5. Killua Ross0.82
  6. Killua Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Killua

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Duttonbrother · 0.85
  2. Wrenleighsister · 0.84
  3. Izaelbrother · 0.83
  4. Xylasister · 0.81
  5. Cruebrother · 0.81
  6. Choseneither · 0.81

Where Killua is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Killua White0.78
    2. Killua Reyes0.78
    3. Killua Nguyen0.78
    4. Killua Moore0.78
    5. Killua Lee0.78
    6. Killua Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Killua

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.