Is Kona a boy or girl name?

Kona is a unisex name. Of the 681 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 35.7% were girls and 64.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2023, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Kona

Recorded 1963–2025 · United States

Kona was most popular in 2012, when 39 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,684 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,648, with 22 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 681 people named Kona.

Kona over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kona’s peak in 2012. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kona a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kona is a unisex name — 35.7% of the 681 Americans given it were girls and 64.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2023 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 42% girls and 58% 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.

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