Pualena — #8388 US girls' name
32 babies named Pualena in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 53% of names given to girls today.
100% of everyone ever named Pualena was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Pualena in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pualena
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Pualena between 2022 and 2024, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pualena currently holds the #8388 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pualena performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pualena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pualena 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 32 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.
Pualena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pualena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2022
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
Currently ranks #8388 among girls.
32 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 13 births in a single year.
Pualena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 32 births that decade — 100% of Pualena's all-time total
Pualena decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Pualena's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Pualena by state
Where Pualena concentrates geographically — total births since 2022
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 8 | 25.0% |
8 of 32 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 25.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 25.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2022–2024 (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.