Kanoa — #4102 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kanoa

The Social Security Administration has registered 844 babies named Kanoa between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kanoa currently holds the #4102 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanoa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 300 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kanoa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 283 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kanoa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanoa 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 844 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.