Aloha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Aloha

The Social Security Administration has registered 862 babies named Aloha between 1913 and 2020, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aloha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aloha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Aloha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aloha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aloha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 862 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.