Puanani — girls' name

What the Data Says About Puanani

The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Puanani between 1956 and 1994, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Puanani currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Puanani performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Puanani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Puanani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Puanani 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 67 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.