Girls' name · since 1980
Kapiolani
17 babies named Kapiolani in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,835 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Kapiolani since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kapiolani recorded 17 times among girls since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2014.
- #47,835 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kapiolani ranks #47,835 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #47,835 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kapiolani's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kapiolani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kapiolani splits its recorded history at 1991: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kapiolani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2014
- Peak year (2014)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Kapiolani by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Kapiolani's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kapiolani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kapiolani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kapiolani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.