Kona
#6,013 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kona has been given to 681 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #6,013 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 29 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 64% boys, 36% girls all-time.
Babies named Kona, 2025
1 in 221,000
Kona over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kona over time
In 2025, Kona went to 32% girls and 68% boys.
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.
How common is Kona?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 221,000
- 15 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 114,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #6,013
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 153,194 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kona sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kona. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Konas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kona was born before 2012 — so the typical Kona is around 13 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 41.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 94.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 438
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 41.1% of all recorded uses (180).
Is Kona 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
- +328
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,223
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,198
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.75×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 51.7%
- Peak was 2012 (29)
- Years since peak
- 13
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.9% average annual change
Spellings of Kona
Kona is not the most common spelling — Tony is, with 20.9% against Kona's 0.04%.
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 Kona is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Kona was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 239,987 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Hawaii1 in 16,667
- 2California1 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. Kona has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Kona is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Kona was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 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. Kona has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kona around the world
Where Kona 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.
- England & Wales1996–1996#2,863in 1996
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.
Kona by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kona
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kona
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.