Hiiaka — girls' name
8 babies named Hiiaka in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Hiiaka was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Hiiaka in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hiiaka
The Social Security Administration has registered 8 babies named Hiiaka between 2009 and 2009, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hiiaka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hiiaka performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hiiaka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hiiaka 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 8 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.
Hiiaka at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hiiaka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
8 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 8 births in a single year.
Hiiaka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 8 births that decade — 100% of Hiiaka's all-time total
Hiiaka decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Hiiaka's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Hiiaka by state
Where Hiiaka concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 7 | 87.5% |
7 of 8 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 87.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 87.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2009–2009 (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.