Kahiau — #7004 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kahiau

The Social Security Administration has registered 242 babies named Kahiau between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kahiau currently holds the #7004 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kahiau performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kahiau shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kahiau in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kahiau 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 242 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.