Nainoa — #4355 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nainoa

The Social Security Administration has registered 599 babies named Nainoa between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nainoa currently holds the #4355 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nainoa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nainoa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 393 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Nainoa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nainoa 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 599 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.