Kaulana — #12736 US boys' name
147 babies named Kaulana in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Kaulana was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kaulana in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaulana
The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Kaulana between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaulana currently holds the #12736 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaulana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaulana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 111 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaulana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaulana 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 147 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.
Kaulana at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaulana popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #12736 among boys.
147 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 11 births in a single year.
Kaulana popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2002 (Kaulana as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kaulana accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaulana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 62 births that decade — 42% of Kaulana's all-time total
Kaulana decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kaulana's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Kaulana by state
Where Kaulana concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 111 | 75.5% |
111 of 147 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 75.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 75.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.