Recorded 1979–2021 Boys' name Peak 1997 134 births

Lopaka — boys' name

134 babies named Lopaka in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s71980s251990s462000s352010s162020s5
1990s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Lopaka was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

16 babies were named Lopaka in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lopaka

The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Lopaka between 1979 and 2021, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lopaka currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lopaka performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lopaka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lopaka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lopaka 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 134 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.

Lopaka at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

134

Since 1979

43 years of records

Peak year

1997

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1979

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2021

Lopaka popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1979

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (1997)
16
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
05101520 20212010200419981994198819821979 7

Lopaka by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
46 births that decade — 34% of Lopaka's all-time total
1970s71980s251990s462000s352010s162020s5

Lopaka by state

Where Lopaka concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Lopaka
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
93 69.4%
Hawaii share of Lopaka's total US births 69.4%

93 of 134 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lopaka?
134 babies have been named Lopaka since 1979. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 1997 with 16 births.
When was Lopaka most popular?
Lopaka was most popular in the 1990s decade with 46 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
Where is Lopaka most popular?
The top states for the name Lopaka are Hawaii (93 births).
How long has the name Lopaka been used?
Lopaka has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 43 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Lopaka?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lopez. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1979–2021 (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.