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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,952 Hawaii births in 1980 across 664 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#18Maliaoutside the national top 200
#19Leilanioutside the national top 200
#35Jasmineoutside the national top 200
#48Janelle#194 nationally
#64Kawikaoutside the national top 200
#68Naomioutside the national top 200
#68Grantoutside the national top 200
#70Keonioutside the national top 200
#72Gavinoutside the national top 200
#73Jonahoutside the national top 200
#75Daynaoutside the national top 200
#80Chelseaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer219US #1
#2Michelle126US #10
#3Melissa95US #4
#4Nicole92US #7
#5Jessica83US #3
#6Tiffany76US #14
#7Sarah75US #5
#8Kimberly70US #11
#9Christina59US #15
#10Crystal58US #18
#11Erin57US #20
#12Heather56US #6
#13Christine49US #41
#14Jamie48US #24
#15Amanda47US #2
#16Amber46US #22
#17Stephanie44US #13
#18Malia42
#19Leilani41
#20Lisa41US #16
#21Elizabeth40US #9
#22Lauren40US #38
#23Shannon40US #29
#24Rachel38US #23
#25Cheryl36US #119
#26Kristin35US #37
#27Kelly34US #19
#28Kristen34US #39
#29Amy32US #8
#30Angela31US #12
#31Melanie31US #60
#32Danielle30US #33
#33Katherine30US #35
#34Rebecca30US #17
#35Jasmine29
#36Mary29US #25
#37Samantha29US #58
#38Andrea28US #28
#39Brandy27US #42
#40Emily27US #31
#41Sara26US #27
#42Kristy25US #78
#43Natasha25US #89
#44Summer25US #159
#45Trisha25US #161
#46Dawn24US #67
#47Erica24US #34
#48Janelle24US #194
#49Laura24US #21
#50Candice23US #99
#51Desiree23US #156
#52Catherine22US #77
#53Julie22US #32
#54Leslie22US #61
#55Lori22US #76
#56Maria21US #36
#57Megan21US #30
#58Wendy21US #75
#59Brandi20US #63
#60Brooke20US #57
#61Leah19US #84
#62Tammy19US #96
#63Anna18US #55
#64Denise18US #95
#65Jill18US #66
#66Joy18US #165
#67Misty18US #49
#68Naomi18
#69Stacy18US #53
#70Alicia17US #47
#71Patricia17US #51
#72Vanessa17US #69
#73Victoria17US #103
#74Casey16US #135
#75Dayna16
#76Jaime16US #116
#77Robyn16US #182
#78Tracy16US #56
#79April15US #26
#80Chelsea15
#81Jacqueline15US #81
#82Kathleen15US #82
#83Kathryn15US #50
#84Maile15
#85Susan15US #62
#86Tanya15US #88
#87Theresa15US #104
#88Valerie15US #85
#89Carolyn14US #147
#90Christy14US #83
#91Dana14US #68
#92Jodi14US #167
#93Lesley14
#94Michele14US #126
#95Monique14US #93
#96Natalie14US #65
#97Sabrina14US #113
#98Candace13US #134
#99Celeste13
#100Charlene13

Boys

#1Michael227US #1
#2Jason203US #3
#3Christopher183US #2
#4David166US #4
#5James139US #5
#6Ryan137US #15
#7Robert134US #9
#8Jonathan131US #21
#9Justin131US #13
#10Brandon122US #31
#11John117US #8
#12Joshua114US #7
#13Daniel108US #11
#14Joseph108US #10
#15Matthew106US #6
#16William100US #14
#17Brian96US #12
#18Aaron88US #34
#19Richard74US #26
#20Nicholas72US #17
#21Anthony68US #24
#22Kevin68US #23
#23Jeffrey67US #27
#24Sean67US #48
#25Andrew65US #19
#26Jeremy64US #18
#27Travis62US #37
#28Chad60US #39
#29Eric58US #16
#30Mark58US #30
#31Scott55US #33
#32Charles53US #29
#33Jacob52US #43
#34Shane51US #69
#35Steven50US #28
#36Thomas46US #25
#37Adam44US #22
#38Paul42US #35
#39Nathan41US #36
#40Patrick41US #38
#41Benjamin40US #32
#42Jesse40US #45
#43Timothy40US #20
#44Edward38US #52
#45Derek36US #50
#46Lance36US #152
#47Shawn36US #47
#48Dustin35US #44
#49Kenneth35US #41
#50Ronald35US #58
#51Bryan33US #49
#52Ian32US #104
#53Shaun31US #79
#54Kyle30US #57
#55Samuel30US #54
#56Jared29US #61
#57Peter29US #55
#58Raymond29US #66
#59Gregory27US #42
#60Randy27US #87
#61Alexander26US #91
#62Stephen26US #40
#63Donald24US #53
#64Kawika24
#65Todd23US #75
#66Troy23US #106
#67Alan22US #112
#68Grant22
#69Jon22US #127
#70Keoni22
#71Wayne22US #146
#72Gavin21
#73Jonah20
#74Bradley19US #51
#75Dennis19US #80
#76Gabriel19US #85
#77Gary19US #63
#78George19US #60
#79Isaac19US #150
#80Keith19US #56
#81Lee19US #125
#82Micah19
#83Reid19
#84Joel18US #67
#85Brad17US #116
#86Brent17US #84
#87Frank17US #81
#88Henry17US #135
#89Marcus17US #71
#90Roy17US #153
#91Vincent17US #111
#92Casey16US #93
#93Craig16US #73
#94Ikaika16
#95Lawrence16US #129
#96Russell16US #92
#97Shannon16US #184
#98Walter16US #137
#99Zachary16US #72
#100Christian15US #118

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑54Kristen#28
↑46Shawn#47
↑41Leslie#54
↑40Dustin#48
↑32Maria#56
↑31Natasha#43
↑31Donald#63
↑30Emily#40

Falling

↓54Tanya#86
↓54Natalie#96
↓30Joy#66
↓30Alicia#70
↓30Dana#91
↓26Denise#64
↓26Misty#67
↓26Russell#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.