Nainoa comes from the Hawaiian tradition, meaning The namesakes.
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How popular is Nainoa?
2002peak year
Today, Nainoa is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6509), with only about 15 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2002, 33 babies were given the name (ranked #2866 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Nainoa's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 599 babies have been registered as Nainoa since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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