Is Kainoa a boy or girl name?

Kainoa is a boy’s name. Of the 2,696 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.5% were girls and 98.5% were boys.

Kainoa

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Kainoa was most popular in 2016, when 105 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,415 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,652, with 95 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,696 people named Kainoa.

Kainoa over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kainoa’s peak in 2016. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kainoa a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kainoa is a boy’s name — 1.5% of the 2,696 Americans given it were girls and 98.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kainoa

Where Kainoa is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org