Kanoa
Kanoa was the 4469th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 2607th with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 337 places. More babies were named Kanoa in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,469 boys, up 475 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23boys
- Girls and boys
- 7% girls, 93% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201047 babies
- Total since 1880
- 878babies recorded
Kanoa popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #4,469 | — | 23 |
| 2020 | — | #4,944 | — | 19 |
| 2010 | — | #2,607 | — | 47 |
| 2000 | — | #3,853 | — | 21 |
| 1990 | — | #8,806 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Kanoa, counting every spelling?
Kanoa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kanoa?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kanoa (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kanoa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kanoa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kanoa?
About 900 people born in the US named Kanoa are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 9 and 22. That makes Kanoa mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kanoa by state
How common Kanoa was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (95.2×), California (2.1×). In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kanoa: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kanoa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kanoa
How popular is the name Kanoa?
Kanoa was the 4469th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 2607th with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 337 places. More babies were named Kanoa in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kanoa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 7% girls, 93% boys given the name Kanoa in the US.
Where is Kanoa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kanoa was most common in Hawaii (1.61 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.