Ikaika
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-KYE-kah
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Ikaika is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “strength, strong”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Ikaika mean?
Hawaiian
“strength, strong”
From the Hawaiian word ikaika, meaning strong or powerful.
Is Ikaika a girl's or a boy's name?
Ikaika is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ikaika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Ikaika, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1983, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Ikaika in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ikaika in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
Names like Ikaika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota Kota Yitzchok Tru Yuri Mika Yakov Yehuda Akiva Kairo Yusuf Mikko
More Hawaiian names
Kai Leilani Koa Kailani Kalani Nalani Makai Keanu Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana
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, “Ikaika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ikaika, updated 20 October 2026.