Kapono

#11,326 in 2025Boys' name

The + good, upright

Kapono has been given to 211 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #11,326 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Kapono, 2025

1 in 553,000

Kapono over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kapono: meaning, origin, and history

The + good, upright

Hawaiian

What Kapono means

Kapono means “the + good, upright”, associated with ka and pono.

Origin, language, and formation

Kapono is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kapono is pronounced /kaˈpo.no/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 211 boys were recorded with the name Kapono between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2011; its best national rank was #5,208 in 1981.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,084 in 2015 to #11,326 in 2025.

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 Kapono?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #11,326; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kapono 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kapono. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaponos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kapono was born before 2007 — so the typical Kapono is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 39.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 76.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 211; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 39.3% of all recorded uses (83).

Is Kapono 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: −1,911; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,242; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.86×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 40.0%; Peak was 2011 (15)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,208; 1981

Spellings of Kapono

Kapono is not the most common spelling — Kason is, with 61.1% against Kapono's 0.86%.

Kason61.1%14,904
Karon13.1%3,198
Kavon11.4%2,786
Kanon6.2%1,524
Kalon4.3%1,056
Kadon3.0%720
Kapono0.86%211

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 Kapono is used

Across 1910–2025, Kapono was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 9,935 across all states with data.

1010 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 10,000

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. Kapono has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kapono by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,326
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #5,208; 1981
Peak year: 2011; 15 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 211
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Kapono

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

Kaplan Kapri Kapena Kapil Kapone Kap Kaptain Antiono Kupono Kapree Cono Kapish Pono Lono Toriono Kono Kaimipono

Sibling names for Kapono

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

For a sister

Abagail Sydnie Sydni Rhianna Shyann Alysa Adelle Jacquelin

For a brother

Aaden Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Jarod Jamarcus Nevin

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