Ikaia
Ikaia is a name with a single cultural origin: Hawaiian.
- Hawaiian
Meaning & Origin of Ikaia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ikaia is a name with a single cultural origin: Hawaiian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hawaiian
The Story of Ikaia
American parents first put Ikaia on the record books as a baby boy name in 2012, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 13 Ikaias were born — ranking #6,335 that year. About 59% of every Ikaia on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ikaia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 86 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ikaia
Ikaia is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2012 and has accumulated 86 births in the dataset. Ikaia's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #6,335. Use the chart and map above to compare Ikaia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.