Hokulani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hoh-koo-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Hokulani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “star in the heavens”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Hokulani mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian hoku 'star' + lani 'sky, heaven'
“star in the heavens”
Is Hokulani a girl's or a boy's name?
Hokulani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hokulani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Hokulani, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Hokulani in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hokulani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
Names like Hokulani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Meilani, Kaylani, Alani, Kehlani, Noelani, Malani, Kaelani, Lalani, Noa
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Makoa, Nakoa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hokulani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hokulani, updated 20 October 2026.