Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1977

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (210 babies) and Michael for boys (206). Social Security records list 11,006 babies born in Hawaii in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1977

Names given at least 15 times in Hawaii that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Maile: 22 babies, 129.1× the national rate
Malia: 58 babies, 127.9× the national rate
Leilani: 28 babies, 63× the national rate
Desiree: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jocelyn: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marisa: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Summer: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Joy: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cheryl: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Robyn: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Keola: 15 babies, 228.7× the national rate
Keoni: 22 babies, 219.3× the national rate
Kawika: 17 babies, 200.3× the national rate
Kalani: 16 babies, 153.6× the national rate
Gavin: 21 babies, 18× the national rate
Sheldon: 23 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Francis: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Grant: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tyson: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ivan: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	210	–	1
2	Michelle	111	–	7
3	Jessica	93	↑3	4
4	Melissa	72	↑4	2
5	Nicole	70	↑2	15
6	Kelly	67	↑9	10
7	Christina	65	↓2	16
8	Angela	59	↑4	6
9	Jamie	58	↑1	18
10	Malia	58	↑6	>100
11	Lisa	56	↓7	12
12	Kimberly	55	↓9	8
13	Erin	53	↑13	23
14	Shannon	51	↓3	19
15	Amy	48	↑6	3
16	Elizabeth	47	↑3	13
17	Heather	47	↓3	5
18	Melanie	45	↓1	53
19	Sarah	45	↑13	11
20	Stephanie	43	↓2	14
21	Christine	39	↓8	30
22	Jaime	39	↓2	46
23	Wendy	38	↑2	49
24	Summer	37	new	>100
25	Dawn	36	↓16	43
26	Julie	35	new	22
27	Rachel	35	↑6	26
28	Amber	33	new	33
29	Kristy	33	new	68
30	Sabrina	33	new	63
31	Tiffany	32	↓3	34
32	Brandy	29	↓2	51
33	Joy	29	↑5	>100
34	Leilani	28	↓11	>100
35	Lori	28	↓8	57
36	Amanda	27	↓2	9
37	Cheryl	27	–	>100
38	Denise	27	↑2	78
39	Misty	27	new	40
40	Marisa	26	new	>100
41	Tanya	26	↑1	67
42	Andrea	25	↑1	24
43	Danielle	23	↑2	31
44	Stacy	23	new	42
45	Maile	22	↑2	>100
46	Mary	22	↓11	21
47	Rebecca	22	new	17
48	Natalie	21	new	69
49	Tara	21	new	35
50	April	20	↓1	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	206	–	1
2	Jason	193	–	2
3	Christopher	188	–	3
4	David	155	–	4
5	Ryan	144	↑1	16
6	James	140	↑1	5
7	Robert	123	↑1	6
8	John	121	↓3	7
9	Brandon	103	–	41
10	Kevin	103	↑4	13
11	Daniel	97	↓1	11
12	Brian	94	↑6	8
13	Jonathan	94	↑8	28
14	Joseph	92	↓1	10
15	William	89	↓4	12
16	Matthew	88	–	9
17	Chad	79	↓5	34
18	Richard	78	↑11	20
19	Joshua	77	↑6	14
20	Scott	72	↑4	27
21	Aaron	70	↓1	32
22	Mark	69	↓7	25
23	Anthony	68	↑10	21
24	Eric	68	↓7	17
25	Jeffrey	67	↓2	19
26	Sean	63	↓7	43
27	Steven	61	↑9	23
28	Charles	54	↓1	26
29	Justin	52	↑5	30
30	Thomas	52	–	22
31	Paul	50	↓5	31
32	Andrew	49	↑13	24
33	Jeremy	48	↓11	15
34	Shane	45	↓2	61
35	Nathan	44	–	36
36	Kyle	39	↑2	79
37	Keith	37	↑11	48
38	Patrick	37	↑8	40
39	Timothy	37	new	18
40	Benjamin	36	↓3	29
41	Kenneth	35	new	39
42	Shawn	35	↓11	37
43	Edward	34	↓15	47
44	Gregory	32	new	35
45	Peter	31	↓3	55
46	Ronald	31	↑1	53
47	Stephen	31	↑2	38
48	Travis	31	↓7	44
49	Jacob	29	new	56
50	Jared	29	new	76

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