Recorded 2003–2013 Girls' name Peak 2003 16 births

Kaelana — girls' name

16 babies named Kaelana in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s112010s5
2000s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Kaelana was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

6 babies were named Kaelana in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kaelana

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Kaelana between 2003 and 2013, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaelana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaelana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaelana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaelana 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.

Kaelana at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

16

Since 2003

11 years of records

Peak year

2003

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

2003

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2013

Kaelana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2003

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2003)
6
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
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Kaelana by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
11 births that decade — 69% of Kaelana's all-time total
2000s112010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kaelana?
16 babies have been named Kaelana since 2003. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2003 with 6 births.
When was Kaelana most popular?
Kaelana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Kaelana been used?
Kaelana has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 11 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Kaelana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kaelyn, Kaela, Kaelynn, Kaeli, and 4 more. 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, 2003–2013 (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.