Kapena — #12727 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kapena

The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Kapena between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kapena currently holds the #12727 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kapena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kapena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kapena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kapena 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 79 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.