Recorded 1997–2019 Girls' name Peak 1999 32 births

Kainani — girls' name

32 babies named Kainani in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122000s102010s10
1990s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Kainani was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

7 babies were named Kainani in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kainani

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Kainani between 1997 and 2019, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kainani currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kainani performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kainani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. 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 Kainani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kainani 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 32 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.

Kainani at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

32

Since 1997

23 years of records

Peak year

1999

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1997

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2019

Kainani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1997

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1999)
7
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201920102009200719991997 5

Kainani by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
12 births that decade — 38% of Kainani's all-time total
1990s122000s102010s10

Kainani by state

Where Kainani concentrates geographically — total births since 1997

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kainani
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
5 15.6%
Hawaii share of Kainani's total US births 15.6%

5 of 32 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kainani?
32 babies have been named Kainani since 1997. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1999 with 7 births.
When was Kainani most popular?
Kainani was most popular in the 1990s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
Where is Kainani most popular?
The top states for the name Kainani are Hawaii (5 births).
How long has the name Kainani been used?
Kainani has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 23 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kainani?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kaitlyn, Kaitlin, Kailey, Kaia, 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, 1997–2019 (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.