Pualani — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pualani

The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Pualani between 1939 and 2023, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pualani currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pualani performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Pualani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pualani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pualani 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 122 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.