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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,685 Hawaii births in 1981 across 622 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#12Maliaoutside the national top 200
#29Leilanioutside the national top 200
#27Jasmine#191 nationally
#54Kawikaoutside the national top 200
#55Janelleoutside the national top 200
#59Keonioutside the national top 200
#63Maileoutside the national top 200
#59Robyn#195 nationally
#66Keolaoutside the national top 200
#67Jocelynoutside the national top 200
#67Micahoutside the national top 200
#71Grantoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer243US #1
#2Jessica116US #2
#3Nicole110US #7
#4Melissa92US #5
#5Kimberly84US #13
#6Michelle80US #11
#7Tiffany78US #14
#8Erin69US #19
#9Sarah69US #4
#10Crystal56US #16
#11Elizabeth56US #9
#12Malia52
#13Jamie51US #28
#14Amy50US #6
#15Heather50US #10
#16Christina48US #17
#17Christine47US #42
#18Kristin47US #31
#19Lisa47US #18
#20Amber44US #20
#21Natasha44US #85
#22Stephanie42US #8
#23Shannon41US #32
#24Amanda40US #3
#25Angela38US #15
#26Lauren38US #35
#27Jasmine37US #191
#28Danielle34US #30
#29Leilani34
#30Sara34US #26
#31Andrea30US #24
#32Dawn30US #79
#33Kristen29US #38
#34Brandy28US #41
#35Kelly28US #23
#36Cheryl27US #134
#37Laura27US #21
#38Rachel27US #22
#39Misty26US #61
#40Rebecca26US #12
#41April25US #25
#42Natalie25US #60
#43Joy24US #170
#44Marie24US #143
#45Kristy23US #94
#46Lori23US #91
#47Kristina22US #72
#48Leslie22US #56
#49Mary22US #27
#50Tanya22US #92
#51Wendy22US #90
#52Brandi21US #50
#53Desiree21US #171
#54Jacqueline21US #67
#55Janelle21
#56Melanie21US #66
#57Sharon21US #130
#58Julie20US #37
#59Robyn20US #195
#60Erica19US #36
#61Alicia18US #46
#62Leah18US #81
#63Maile18
#64Allison17US #57
#65Cynthia17US #59
#66Jill17US #78
#67Jocelyn17
#68Megan17US #33
#69Summer17US #179
#70Dana16US #70
#71Emily16US #29
#72Renee16US #98
#73Tara16US #45
#74Tracy16US #77
#75Vanessa16US #62
#76Candice15US #86
#77Chelsea15
#78Janice15
#79Mandy15US #136
#80Maria15US #40
#81Marisa15
#82Monica15US #49
#83Anna14US #54
#84Candace14US #118
#85Catherine14US #73
#86Heidi14US #84
#87Julia14US #88
#88Katherine14US #39
#89Patricia14US #53
#90Susan14US #71
#91Tiare14
#92Brooke13US #52
#93Cindy13US #163
#94Erika13US #93
#95Kathleen13US #82
#96Kristi13US #129
#97Lindsey13US #58
#98Tammy13US #117
#99Trisha13US #164
#100Victoria13US #87

Boys

#1Michael212US #1
#2Christopher200US #2
#3Jason195US #4
#4David164US #5
#5Jonathan152US #16
#6Justin150US #12
#7Ryan149US #13
#8Brandon148US #19
#9Joshua145US #6
#10Robert131US #9
#11James125US #7
#12John123US #8
#13Matthew119US #3
#14Aaron102US #30
#15Daniel100US #10
#16William83US #15
#17Mark82US #33
#18Brian81US #14
#19Joseph80US #11
#20Richard76US #27
#21Sean72US #44
#22Nicholas70US #21
#23Chad69US #47
#24Eric64US #17
#25Anthony63US #23
#26Jeremy62US #22
#27Andrew60US #18
#28Thomas57US #26
#29Kevin54US #25
#30Scott52US #34
#31Steven52US #28
#32Adam51US #20
#33Nathan48US #36
#34Travis48US #40
#35Kyle47US #52
#36Paul46US #35
#37Shane44US #81
#38Jeffrey43US #29
#39Jesse42US #37
#40Patrick41US #38
#41Jacob39US #43
#42Charles38US #31
#43Derek36US #53
#44Dustin36US #42
#45Jared36US #57
#46Timothy35US #24
#47Edward32US #51
#48Zachary32US #63
#49Alexander30US #70
#50Benjamin29US #32
#51Brent29US #88
#52Bryan29US #48
#53Jordan29US #102
#54Kawika29
#55Kenneth29US #41
#56Raymond29US #68
#57Ian28US #101
#58Keith28US #58
#59Keoni28
#60Lance28US #160
#61Shawn28US #49
#62Ronald25US #59
#63Samuel25US #54
#64Alan24US #112
#65Henry24US #126
#66Keola24
#67Micah23
#68Peter23US #55
#69Stephen23US #39
#70Gary22US #62
#71Grant20
#72Gregory20US #46
#73Shaun20US #86
#74Clifford19
#75Jay19US #153
#76Joel19US #65
#77Randy19US #91
#78Russell19US #98
#79Shannon19
#80Bradley18US #50
#81Bronson18
#82Casey18US #85
#83Gabriel18US #87
#84Garrett18US #167
#85Isaac18US #150
#86Nathaniel18US #80
#87Tyler18US #96
#88Wayne18US #156
#89Douglas17US #64
#90George17US #61
#91Lawrence17US #125
#92Phillip17US #66
#93Randall17US #137
#94Reid17
#95Blaine16
#96Cory16US #90
#97Craig16US #72
#98Noah16US #180
#99Victor16US #104
#100Darren15US #176

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑54Natalie#42
↑51Zachary#48
↑38April#41
↑36Tanya#50
↑35Brent#51
↑28Misty#39
↑27Jacqueline#54
↑23Joy#43

Falling

↓55Katherine#88
↓54Trisha#99
↓36Tammy#98
↓33Catherine#85
↓32Brooke#92
↓31Emily#71
↓27Victoria#100
↓26Candice#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.