Kainoa
Boy · ky-NOH-a · Hawaiian
Kainoa is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the name”. In 2025 it ranked 1,708th for boys in the US (95 babies).
What does Kainoa mean?
Hawaiian: from ka 'the' + inoa 'name'
“the name”
A Hawaiian name formed from ka 'the' and inoa 'name'.
- Say it
- ky-NOH-a
Is Kainoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kainoa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kainoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,708among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were named Kainoa, making it the 1,708th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Kainoa in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 107 boys in the US were given Kainoa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,421, up from #1,708 for this spelling alone.
- Kainoa 95
- Kainoah 12
Kainoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,685 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 82 | #1,869 |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 93 | #1,698 |
| 2018 | 86 | #1,777 |
| 2017 | 92 | #1,707 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,563 |
| 2015 | 92 | #1,691 |
| 2014 | 88 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,732 |
| 2012 | 84 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 77 | #1,834 |
| 2010 | 76 | #1,880 |
| 2009 | 74 | #1,924 |
| 2008 | 84 | #1,775 |
| 2007 | 76 | #1,875 |
| 2006 | 80 | #1,738 |
| 2005 | 90 | #1,552 |
| 2004 | 79 | #1,626 |
| 2003 | 81 | #1,558 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,720 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,956 |
| 2000 | 62 | #1,764 |
| 1999 | 50 | #1,929 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Nicknames for Kainoa
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kainoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Kaleo Makoa Kai Keanu Kekoa Nakoa Makai Keoni Nikolai Kailo Lakai
Other spellings of Kainoa
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