Lehua
Lehua Island is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Hawaiian Islands, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Niʻihau, 18 miles due west of Kauaʻi. This uninhabited, 285-acre (1.15 km2) barren islet was one of the first five islands sighted by Captain James Cook in 1778 which he spelled as "Oreehoua".
- Hawaiian
Meaning & Origin of Lehua
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lehua Island is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Hawaiian Islands, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Niʻihau, 18 miles due west of Kauaʻi. This uninhabited, 285-acre (1.15 km2) barren islet was one of the first five islands sighted by Captain James Cook in 1778 which he spelled as "Oreehoua".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hawaiian
The Story of Lehua
The earliest SSA record of Lehua as a baby girl name dates back to 1960, when 5 babies received it. 1977 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Lehua — #4,652 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Lehua on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Lehua last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 310 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lehua
Lehua is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 310 births in the dataset. Lehua's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #4,652. Use the chart and map above to compare Lehua'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 .
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