Given name
Hokulani
“one who shines as bright as a star”
Hokulani is a variant of Hoku. One interpretation is “one who shines as bright as a star.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hokulani is a variant of Hoku. One interpretation is “one who shines as bright as a star.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hokulani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 138
- 0 boys · 138 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,391 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,391 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 153 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hokulani’s family of names
Hokulani has a related form in Hoku.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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