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Kaimana

#3,612 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diamond

Kaimana has been given to 1,176 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #3,612 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 44 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Kaimana, 2025

1 in 107,000

Kaimana over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kaimana over time

In 2025, Kaimana went to 28% girls and 72% boys.

19842025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kaimana: meaning, origin, and history

Diamond

Hawaiian

What Kaimana means

Kaimana means “diamond”, associated with kaimana.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaimana is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kaimana is pronounced /kai̯ˈma.na/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,010 boys were recorded with the name Kaimana between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 44 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,842 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,301 in 2020 to #3,612 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,328 in 2015 to #3,612 in 2025.

In the United States, 166 girls were recorded with the name Kaimana between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2022; its best national rank was #6,054 in 2023.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kaimana?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 107,000
31 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 55,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,612
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
74,127 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaimana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 74,127 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaimana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaimanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaimana was born before 2011 — so the typical Kaimana is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,010
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.7% of all recorded uses (330).

Is Kaimana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−311
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−311
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−284
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.91×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
70.5%
Peak was 2022 (44)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,842
2007

Spellings of Kaimana

Kaimana is not the most common spelling — Kimani is, with 23.7% against Kaimana's 13.6%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kaimana is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kaimana was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 1,000 boys, against 1 in 35,003 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

0100 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 1,000
  2. 2Nevada1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Oregon1 in —
  5. 5Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaimana has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kaimana is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kaimana was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 784,507 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaimana has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kaimana around the world

Where Kaimana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    2025–2025
    #4,039
    in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Kaimana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,612
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 311
Best rank ever
#2,842
2007
Peak year
2022
44 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,010
Count in 2025
31

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,599
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#6,054
2023
Peak year
2022
20 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
166
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Kaimana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Kaimana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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