Lehua
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- leh-HOO-ah
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Lehua is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “ohia tree blossom”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Lehua mean?
Hawaiian: from Hawaiian lehua
“ohia tree blossom”
From the Hawaiian word lehua, the red blossom of the native ohia tree.
Is Lehua a girl's or a boy's name?
Lehua is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lehua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Lehua, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1977, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had more girls named Lehua than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Lehua in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lehua in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like Lehua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kalani Nalani Kailani Meilani Noa Layla Kaylani Lelani Alani Lalani Kehlani Malani
Names related to Lehua
More Hawaiian names
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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, “Lehua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lehua, updated 20 October 2026.