boys:
632 births since 1991
#3954 (14th percentile)
overall:
632 births since 1991
#7107 (8th percentile)
The name Kainalu is the #7,107 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 632 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 8.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,954 (13.7% percentile) for all time with 632 births since 1991.
Kainalu first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (first recorded for boys in 1991).
For boys, Kainalu reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #798) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kainalu ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 68.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kainalu".
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Our model has identified 11 different pronunciations for the name Kainalu. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 21.1% confident that Kainalu is pronounced as kai-NAH-lue, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAI-nuh-lue, at 18.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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