Girls' name · since 1975
Kuulei
157 babies named Kuulei in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,358 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kuulei currently ranks #15358 among girls' names in America, with 157 babies recorded since 1975.
Kuulei has 157 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15358 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, 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 1975 to 2025.
- #22,312 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,358 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 157 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kuulei ranks #22,312 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,358 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 157 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,358 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kuulei's 157 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
How Kuulei compares
157 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kuulei's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kuulei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 157 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kuulei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kuulei's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kuulei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Kuulei by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (51 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Kuulei's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Kuulei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 51 births (32% of all-time use).
Kuulei by state
Where Kuulei concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 70 | 44.6% |
70 of 157 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kuulei's data
- Kuulei's decade-level peak was the 2000s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Hawaii records the most Kuuleis (70 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kuulei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Kuulei 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.