Kanaloa — #5190 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kanaloa

The Social Security Administration has registered 107 babies named Kanaloa between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kanaloa currently holds the #5190 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanaloa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kanaloa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kanaloa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanaloa 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 107 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.