Kawika — #6898 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kawika

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,202 babies named Kawika between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kawika currently holds the #6898 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kawika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 270 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kawika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 686 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kawika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kawika 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 1,202 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.