Kawika
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kah-VEE-kah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Kawika is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Kawika mean?
Hebrew: Hawaiian form of David
“beloved”
The Hawaiian form of David, reshaped to fit Hawaiian sounds, since the language has no d.
Is Kawika a girl's or a boy's name?
Kawika is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kawika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Kawika, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Kawika in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kawika in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,209 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Kawika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Yehuda, Akiva, Kai, Kainoa, Koa, Yaakov, Keoni, Avi, Keanu, Kekoa, Yitzchok
Names related to Kawika
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Kawika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kawika, updated 20 October 2026.