Pono — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pono

The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Pono between 1996 and 2007, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pono currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pono performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Pono shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pono in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pono 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 25 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.