Kaimana
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- kye-MAH-na
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Kaimana is a name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “diamond”. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Kaimana mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian word, borrowed from English diamond
“diamond”
In Hawaiian, Diamond Head on Oahu is called Kaimana Hila.
Is Kaimana a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kaimana has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 31 boys in the US.
How popular is Kaimana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,582nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Kaimana, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984. 12 girls were also named Kaimana in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kaimana than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Kaimana in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 28% of the babies named Kaimana in the US were girls.
Kaimana in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Nicknames for Kaimana
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaimana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Musa, Mustafa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Zahir, Khalil, Khaza, Amir, Zamir, Zayd
Names related to Kaimana
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, “Kaimana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaimana, updated 20 October 2026.