Kaikoa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ky-KOH-ah
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Kaikoa is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “brave sea”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Kaikoa mean?
Hawaiian: from Hawaiian kai and koa
“brave sea”
Combines Hawaiian kai 'sea' and koa 'brave, warrior', also the name of a Hawaiian tree.
Is Kaikoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaikoa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaikoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Kaikoa, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Kaikoa in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaikoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Nicknames for Kaikoa
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaikoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Makoa Kainoa Nakoa Kekoa Kaleo Kai Makai Kairo Keanu Akoa Tru
Names related to Kaikoa
More Hawaiian names
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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, “Kaikoa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaikoa, updated 20 October 2026.