State roster

Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,206 Hawaii births in 1979 across 620 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#17Maliaoutside the national top 200
#29Leilanioutside the national top 200
#60Kawikaoutside the national top 200
#63Jasmineoutside the national top 200
#54Janelle#186 nationally
#73Maileoutside the national top 200
#73Gavinoutside the national top 200
#44Desiree#170 nationally
#75Keonioutside the national top 200
#76Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#36Joy#154 nationally
#84Marisaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer210US #1
#2Nicole102US #9
#3Michelle96US #10
#4Melissa93US #2
#5Jessica78US #4
#6Kimberly68US #12
#7Christina65US #14
#8Lisa61US #13
#9Angela57US #8
#10Sarah52US #6
#11Elizabeth51US #11
#12Jamie50US #19
#13Shannon49US #25
#14Amanda47US #3
#15Heather46US #7
#16Erin45US #21
#17Malia43
#18Melanie42US #53
#19Kelly41US #16
#20Christine40US #35
#21Tiffany40US #28
#22Crystal39US #18
#23Stephanie37US #15
#24Amy35US #5
#25Andrea32US #26
#26Dawn32US #57
#27Rachel32US #27
#28Amber31US #22
#29Leilani31
#30Julie30US #29
#31Laura30US #20
#32Tanya29US #93
#33Brandy28US #39
#34Kristy28US #56
#35Lauren28US #45
#36Joy27US #154
#37Cheryl26US #94
#38Denise26US #92
#39Rebecca26US #17
#40Alicia25US #47
#41Misty25US #42
#42Natalie25US #68
#43Summer25US #150
#44Desiree24US #170
#45Katherine24US #36
#46Catherine23US #78
#47Samantha23US #66
#48Leah22US #98
#49Mary22US #24
#50Kristi21US #109
#51Sara21US #30
#52Anna20US #59
#53Danielle20US #33
#54Janelle20US #186
#55Jill20US #52
#56Lori20US #69
#57Megan20US #31
#58Tammy20US #79
#59Tracy20US #49
#60Wendy20US #64
#61Dana19US #54
#62Jaclyn18US #124
#63Jasmine18
#64Jenny18US #120
#65Karen18US #46
#66Kathryn18US #50
#67Trisha18US #159
#68April17US #23
#69Brandi17US #61
#70Emily17US #34
#71Gina17US #96
#72Kathleen17US #84
#73Maile17
#74Natasha17US #110
#75Tara17US #38
#76Tasha17US #190
#77Valerie17US #89
#78Vanessa17US #75
#79Cynthia16US #55
#80Holly16US #48
#81Jacqueline16US #80
#82Kristen16US #62
#83Kristina16US #74
#84Marisa16
#85Susan16US #51
#86Carrie15US #41
#87Christy15US #72
#88Maria15US #37
#89Mindy15US #81
#90Naomi15
#91Sharon15US #117
#92Stacy15US #43
#93Casey14US #144
#94Dayna14
#95Leslie14US #65
#96Rochelle14
#97Shawna14US #177
#98Allison13US #70
#99Charlene13
#100Janet13US #160

Boys

#1Michael234US #1
#2Jason215US #3
#3Christopher210US #2
#4David159US #4
#5Ryan140US #14
#6James133US #5
#7John129US #7
#8Robert129US #8
#9Joshua121US #9
#10Daniel99US #12
#11Brandon95US #35
#12Joseph93US #11
#13Aaron92US #32
#14Matthew89US #6
#15William86US #13
#16Jonathan79US #31
#17Kevin78US #19
#18Anthony73US #21
#19Brian68US #10
#20Justin68US #22
#21Travis68US #36
#22Richard67US #25
#23Jeremy64US #16
#24Chad62US #38
#25Nicholas62US #15
#26Scott62US #29
#27Mark61US #30
#28Sean60US #49
#29Jeffrey57US #24
#30Eric56US #17
#31Steven54US #27
#32Paul53US #34
#33Andrew52US #20
#34Thomas51US #26
#35Shaun50US #64
#36Nathan44US #37
#37Timothy43US #18
#38Shane42US #67
#39Charles41US #28
#40Kyle40US #56
#41Patrick40US #39
#42Benjamin38US #33
#43Edward38US #48
#44Ian37US #107
#45Jacob33US #45
#46Lance33US #142
#47Stephen33US #40
#48Adam32US #23
#49Ronald32US #54
#50Jesse31US #50
#51Derek30US #72
#52Peter30US #53
#53Jared29US #65
#54Alexander28US #94
#55Raymond28US #70
#56Samuel27US #55
#57Todd26US #60
#58George25US #57
#59Isaac25US #151
#60Kawika25
#61Kenneth25US #41
#62Brent24US #84
#63Bryan24US #46
#64Wayne23US #149
#65Erik22US #66
#66Gabriel22US #90
#67Joel21US #71
#68Jon21US #118
#69Randy21US #86
#70Russell21US #92
#71Bradley20US #47
#72Darren20US #164
#73Gavin20
#74Keith20US #52
#75Keoni20
#76Abraham19
#77Gregory19US #42
#78Henry18US #138
#79Troy18US #99
#80Alan17US #116
#81Douglas17US #58
#82Gerald17US #143
#83Marc17US #119
#84Walter17US #128
#85Wesley17US #89
#86Brad16US #115
#87Dennis16US #75
#88Dustin16US #62
#89Kekoa16
#90Keola16
#91Randall16US #135
#92Reid16
#93Shawn16US #43
#94Donald15US #51
#95Gary15US #59
#96Grant15
#97Jordan15US #168
#98Rodney15US #117
#99Alika14
#100Blaine14

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑40Leah#48
↑39Lori#56
↑35Natalie#42
↑32Tammy#58
↑30Kawika#60
↑29Travis#21
↑29Jon#68
↑27Misty#41

Falling

↓46Leslie#95
↓45Shawn#93
↓41Natasha#74
↓40Grant#96
↓35Maile#73
↓35Susan#85
↓35Dustin#88
↓35Gary#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.