Girls' name · since 1963
Kaui
Kaui has 16 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,828 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaui is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 1963.
Kaui has 16 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2006.
- #48,828 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1963
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaui ranks #48,828 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1963, peaking in the 2000s.
- #48,828 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaui's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
Kaui's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaui's full recorded timeline at 1990, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaui popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2006
- Peak year (2006)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Kaui by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Kaui's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Kaui births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
Kaui by state
Where Kaui concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 5 | 31.3% |
5 of 16 births nationwide.
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- Hawaii records the most Kauis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaui: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1963–2006 (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 Kaui 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.