Kaua — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kaua

The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Kaua between 2006 and 2011, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaua currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaua performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaua 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 57 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.