Kauan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kah-oo-AHN
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kauan is a boys' name, meaning “hawk”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kauan mean?
Brazilian, usually traced to Tupi
“hawk”
A Brazilian name usually traced to a Tupi word for a hawk; it is also spelled Kaua.
Is Kauan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kauan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kauan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 boys.
Kauan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Kauan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kauan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Kauan in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kauan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
Names like Kauan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Finn Kian Aiden Ronan Brody Rowan Kairo Lochlan Cassian Cillian Caelan
Names related to Kauan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kauan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kauan, updated 20 October 2026.