Recorded 2018–2020 Girls' name Peak 2020 16 births

Haukea — girls' name

16 babies named Haukea in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s102020s6
2010s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Haukea was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

6 babies were named Haukea in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Haukea

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Haukea between 2018 and 2020, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Haukea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Haukea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Haukea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Haukea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Haukea 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 16 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.

Haukea at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

16

Since 2018

3 years of records

Peak year

2020

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2018

Recorded for 3 years

Last year on file: 2020

Haukea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2018

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2020)
6
Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
4.555.566.5 202020192018 5

Haukea by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
10 births that decade — 63% of Haukea's all-time total
2010s102020s6

Haukea by state

Where Haukea concentrates geographically — total births since 2018

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Haukea
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
5 31.3%
Hawaii share of Haukea's total US births 31.3%

5 of 16 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Haukea?
16 babies have been named Haukea since 2018. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2020 with 6 births.
When was Haukea most popular?
Haukea was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Where is Haukea most popular?
The top states for the name Haukea are Hawaii (5 births).
How long has the name Haukea been used?
Haukea has been recorded in Social Security data since 2018, spanning 3 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Haukea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Haunani, Hau, Haumea, Hauwa. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2018–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.