Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kawika isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kawika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,218
- 1,218 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,724 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,724 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 1992. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 952 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.
Kawika’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kawika
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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