Recorded 1961–2019 Girls' name Peak 1975 106 births

Iwalani — girls' name

106 babies named Iwalani in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s221970s311980s131990s122000s162010s12
1970s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Iwalani was born in this single decade.

1975
Single peak year

11 babies were named Iwalani in 1975 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Iwalani

The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Iwalani between 1961 and 2019, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iwalani currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Iwalani performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Iwalani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Iwalani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Iwalani 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 106 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.

Iwalani at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

106

Since 1961

59 years of records

Peak year

1975

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1961

Recorded for 59 years

Last year on file: 2019

Iwalani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1961

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1975)
11
Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
4681012 201920082005199019831978197519641961 8

Iwalani by decade

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

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
31 births that decade — 29% of Iwalani's all-time total
1960s221970s311980s131990s122000s162010s12

Iwalani by state

Where Iwalani concentrates geographically — total births since 1961

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Iwalani
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
44 41.5%
Hawaii share of Iwalani's total US births 41.5%

44 of 106 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Iwalani?
106 babies have been named Iwalani since 1961. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1975 with 11 births.
When was Iwalani most popular?
Iwalani was most popular in the 1970s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 1975.
Where is Iwalani most popular?
The top states for the name Iwalani are Hawaii (44 births).
How long has the name Iwalani been used?
Iwalani has been recorded in Social Security data since 1961, spanning 59 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Iwalani?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Iwana. 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, 1961–2019 (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.