Kona
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KOH-nuh
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Kona is a name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “leeward side”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Kona mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian word
“leeward side”
Kona is the dry leeward district of Hawaii's Big Island, famous for its coffee.
Is Kona a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kona has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Kona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Kona, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982. 7 girls were also named Kona in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kona in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 26% of the babies named Kona in the US in 2012, and 55% in 2022.
Kona in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Kona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Keegan Brayden Finnegan Kian Declan Aiden Ronan Finn Deacon Raiden Cannon
Names related to Kona
More Hawaiian names
Kai Leilani Koa Kailani Kalani Nalani Makai Keanu Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana
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, “Kona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kona, updated 20 October 2026.