Kanoa
Boy · kah-NOH-uh · Hawaiian
Kanoa is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the free one”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Kanoa mean?
Hawaiian: from ka noa
“the free one”
From Hawaiian ka noa, the free one, where noa means freed from taboo.
- Say it
- kah-NOH-uh
Is Kanoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanoa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Kanoa, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Kanoa in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 16% of the babies named Kanoa in the US were girls.
Kanoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,662 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
Names like Kanoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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