Kainoah

Gender: Boy
Say it: ky-NOH-a
Origin: Hawaiian
US rank, 2025: #6,799 for boys

Kainoah is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the name”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

What does Kainoah mean?

Hawaiian: spelling of Kainoa; from ka 'the' + inoa 'name'

“the name”

A Hawaiian name formed from ka 'the' and inoa 'name'.

Meaning borrowed from Kainoa.

Is Kainoah a girl's or a boy's name?

Kainoah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kainoah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 6,799th among boys
Babies in 2025: 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend: Rising up 96% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Kainoah, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.

Half of all the boys named Kainoah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 107 boys in the US were given Kainoah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,421, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.

Kainoa 95
Kainoah 12

2001Busiest: 21 in 20242025

Kainoah in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	12	#6,799
2024	21	#4,697
2023	14	#6,215
2022	8	#8,983
2021	6	#10,794
2020	14	#5,976
2019	5	#12,138
2018	5	#12,150
2017	0	–
2016	9	#8,141
2015	0	–
2014	8	#8,775
2013	11	#7,021
2012	0	–
2011	0	–
2010	8	#8,797
2009	5	#12,486
2008	0	–
2007	5	#12,361
2006	8	#8,726
2005	0	–
2004	0	–
2003	5	#10,886
2002	0	–
2001	5	#10,548