State roster

Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,897 Hawaii births in 1978 across 595 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Hawaii more than they say America.

#10Maliaoutside the national top 200
#21Leilanioutside the national top 200
#38Maileoutside the national top 200
#47Gavinoutside the national top 200
#56Grantoutside the national top 200
#64Glenn#200 nationally
#25Desiree#154 nationally
#59Janelle#186 nationally
#79Jasmineoutside the national top 200
#84Donovanoutside the national top 200
#85Jaysonoutside the national top 200
#87Reidoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer206US #1
#2Michelle108US #9
#3Jessica85US #3
#4Melissa77US #2
#5Christina73US #15
#6Nicole71US #10
#7Kimberly62US #13
#8Christine60US #29
#9Heather60US #5
#10Malia55
#11Elizabeth52US #14
#12Erin52US #21
#13Lisa49US #11
#14Angela48US #7
#15Stephanie46US #16
#16Shannon45US #22
#17Jamie43US #20
#18Kelly43US #12
#19Melanie42US #54
#20Tiffany41US #32
#21Leilani40
#22Crystal39US #18
#23Dawn39US #52
#24Brandy38US #37
#25Desiree38US #154
#26Amanda37US #6
#27Cheryl37US #94
#28Amber33US #30
#29Sarah33US #8
#30Andrea32US #23
#31Laura31US #19
#32Mary31US #24
#33Natasha31US #114
#34Amy30US #4
#35Kristy30US #51
#36Tanya30US #82
#37Katherine29US #38
#38Maile27
#39Summer27US #143
#40Brandi26US #61
#41Julie26US #26
#42Rebecca25US #17
#43Rachel24US #25
#44Danielle23US #31
#45Jaime23US #70
#46Joy23US #139
#47Karen23US #39
#48Michele23US #86
#49Leslie22US #63
#50Susan22US #49
#51Tracy22US #47
#52Carrie21US #35
#53Catherine21US #72
#54Emily21US #33
#55Kathleen21US #79
#56Kristi21US #98
#57Dana20US #71
#58Denise20US #85
#59Janelle20US #186
#60Sabrina20US #91
#61Sara20US #28
#62Wendy20US #56
#63Anna19US #65
#64Renee19US #99
#65Vanessa19US #76
#66Alicia18US #58
#67Kristin18US #78
#68Misty18US #43
#69Samantha18US #74
#70Theresa18US #101
#71Erica17US #34
#72Jaclyn17US #131
#73Jacqueline17US #81
#74Kristie17US #167
#75Kristina17US #64
#76Marie17US #148
#77Natalie17US #66
#78Cynthia16US #50
#79Jasmine16
#80Patricia16US #48
#81April15US #27
#82Christy15US #59
#83Trisha15US #171
#84Jenny14US #111
#85Kathryn14US #57
#86Kristine14US #157
#87Laurie14US #169
#88Leah14US #108
#89Stacy14US #44
#90Tammy14US #67
#91Tina14US #45
#92Alison13US #123
#93Carolyn13US #130
#94Christie13US #173
#95Lori13US #60
#96Marisa13
#97Melinda13US #84
#98Monica13US #42
#99Rochelle13
#100Tara13US #40

Boys

#1Jason203US #2
#2Michael198US #1
#3Christopher185US #3
#4David166US #4
#5Ryan137US #14
#6James126US #5
#7Daniel120US #11
#8Matthew113US #6
#9Robert111US #8
#10Joshua104US #12
#11John102US #7
#12Joseph102US #10
#13Brandon101US #40
#14William93US #13
#15Brian92US #9
#16Richard82US #21
#17Jeremy75US #18
#18Chad74US #35
#19Justin74US #28
#20Kevin74US #15
#21Jonathan72US #31
#22Aaron66US #32
#23Anthony65US #20
#24Mark65US #26
#25Eric62US #16
#26Jeffrey59US #19
#27Shane59US #65
#28Shaun59US #52
#29Sean57US #45
#30Scott52US #30
#31Nathan50US #36
#32Benjamin49US #34
#33Nicholas49US #25
#34Steven49US #24
#35Paul47US #33
#36Kenneth46US #41
#37Thomas46US #23
#38Andrew44US #22
#39Edward42US #47
#40Charles40US #27
#41Patrick38US #42
#42Timothy36US #17
#43Samuel35US #57
#44Stephen35US #37
#45Keith34US #49
#46Kyle34US #63
#47Gavin32
#48Shawn32US #39
#49Ian31US #117
#50Travis31US #46
#51Bryan29US #43
#52Peter29US #54
#53Dustin28US #68
#54Adam27US #29
#55Dennis27US #71
#56Grant27
#57Jared27US #72
#58Wayne26US #138
#59Albert25US #146
#60Gary25US #60
#61Jacob25US #50
#62Raymond25US #69
#63Derek24US #75
#64Glenn24US #200
#65Gregory24US #38
#66Lance24US #134
#67Randy24US #86
#68Ronald24US #55
#69Jesse23US #51
#70Russell23US #93
#71Donald22US #48
#72Jay22US #119
#73Alan21US #122
#74Todd21US #56
#75Alexander20US #98
#76Brent20US #87
#77George20US #58
#78Darren19US #166
#79Bradley18US #53
#80Cory18US #73
#81Rodney18US #102
#82Casey17US #92
#83Christian17US #116
#84Donovan17
#85Jayson17
#86Joel17US #74
#87Reid17
#88Arthur16US #141
#89Gabriel16US #90
#90Kawika16
#91Keola16
#92Lawrence16US #113
#93Marc16US #107
#94Shannon16US #143
#95Wesley16US #83
#96Jeremiah15US #81
#97Jon15US #108
#98Keoni15
#99Micah15
#100Randall15US #135

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑53Brandi#40
↑53Shaun#28
↑49Katherine#37
↑41Leslie#49
↑40Dustin#53
↑39Grant#56
↑35Crystal#22
↑32Kathleen#55

Falling

↓60Lori#95
↓56Marisa#96
↓51Tara#100
↓45Stacy#89
↓43Monica#98
↓39Wendy#62
↓38Lawrence#92
↓31April#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.