Kapono
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ka-POH-noh
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Kapono is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the righteous one”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Kapono mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian ka pono
“the righteous one”
Is Kapono a girl's or a boy's name?
Kapono is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kapono in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Kapono, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Kapono in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kapono in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
Names like Kapono
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaleo, Koa, Keanu, Kai, Kainoa, Makoa, Makai, Kairo, Kekoa, Nakoa, Kenzo, Kailo
More Hawaiian names
Leilani, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Alakai, Kaelani, Noelani
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, “Kapono: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kapono, updated 20 October 2026.