Kaulana

Boys' name

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Kaulana has been given to 153 babies in the U.S. since 1981. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Kaulana, 2024

1 in 669,000

Kaulana over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaulana: meaning, origin, and history

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Hawaiian

What Kaulana means

Kaulana means “famous”, associated with kaulana.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaulana is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kaulana is pronounced /kau̯ˈla.na/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 147 boys were recorded with the name Kaulana between 1981 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1991; its best national rank was #4,933 in 1991.

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Kaulana between 2002 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2002; its best national rank was #14,490 in 2002.

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.

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How common is Kaulana?

Kaulana had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kaulana 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 2024 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 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaulana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaulanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaulana was born before 1999 — so the typical Kaulana is around 26 today.

Median birth year: 1999; About 26 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 42.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 49.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 147; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 42.2% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Kaulana 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1991 (11)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,933; 1991

Spellings of Kaulana

Kaulana is not the most common spelling — Kalani is, with 26.4% against Kaulana's 1.7%.

Kalani26.4%2,237
Kaelan17.9%1,520
Kalan15.9%1,346
Kaimana11.9%1,010
Kallan9.7%824
Kaylan9.4%801
Kailan7.1%599
Kaulana1.7%147

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 Kaulana is used

Across 1910–2025, Kaulana was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 5,000 boys, against 1 in 5,102 across all states with data.

2020 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 5,000

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

Kaulana by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,933; 1991
Peak year: 1991; 11 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 147
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #14,490; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 6 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kaulana

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

Kaulder Kaushal Kaushik Kauan Liliana Kaulin Kauri Mariana Kaimana Eliana Makana Adriana Indiana Ariana Rathana Briana Kaustubh Mana Juliana Rana Kijana Tatiana Lassana Ezana

Sibling names for Kaulana

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

Shaniqua Devan Chanelle Ileana Amberly Iesha Elvia Maegan

For a brother

Shay Jamil Laron Paris Dejuan Coty Rico Malcom

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