Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1978

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (206 babies) and Jason for boys (203). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,894 babies born in Hawaii in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1978

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: 27 babies, 162.3× the national rate
Malia: 55 babies, 130.4× the national rate
Leilani: 40 babies, 76.1× the national rate
Desiree: 38 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jasmine: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Janelle: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Summer: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Natasha: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joy: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Cheryl: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Keola: 16 babies, 258.8× the national rate
Keoni: 15 babies, 204.3× the national rate
Kawika: 16 babies, 197.2× the national rate
Reid: 17 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Gavin: 32 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Donovan: 17 babies, 15× the national rate
Grant: 27 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jayson: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Glenn: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Micah: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	206	–	1
2	Michelle	108	–	9
3	Jessica	85	–	3
4	Melissa	77	–	2
5	Christina	73	↑2	15
6	Nicole	71	↓1	10
7	Kimberly	62	↑5	13
8	Christine	60	↑13	29
9	Heather	60	↑8	5
10	Malia	55	–	>100
11	Elizabeth	52	↑5	14
12	Erin	52	↑1	21
13	Lisa	49	↓2	11
14	Angela	48	↓6	7
15	Stephanie	46	↑5	16
16	Shannon	45	↓2	22
17	Jamie	43	↓8	20
18	Kelly	43	↓12	12
19	Melanie	42	↓1	54
20	Tiffany	41	↑11	32
21	Leilani	40	↑13	>100
22	Crystal	39	new	18
23	Dawn	39	↑2	52
24	Brandy	38	↑8	37
25	Desiree	38	new	>100
26	Amanda	37	↑10	6
27	Cheryl	37	↑10	94
28	Amber	33	–	30
29	Sarah	33	↓10	8
30	Andrea	32	↑12	23
31	Laura	31	new	19
32	Mary	31	↑14	24
33	Natasha	31	new	>100
34	Amy	30	↓19	4
35	Kristy	30	↓6	51
36	Tanya	30	↑5	82
37	Katherine	29	new	38
38	Maile	27	↑7	>100
39	Summer	27	↓15	>100
40	Brandi	26	new	61
41	Julie	26	↓15	26
42	Rebecca	25	↑5	17
43	Rachel	24	↓16	25
44	Danielle	23	↓1	31
45	Jaime	23	↓23	70
46	Joy	23	↓13	>100
47	Karen	23	new	39
48	Michele	23	new	86
49	Leslie	22	new	63
50	Susan	22	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jason	203	↑1	2
2	Michael	198	↓1	1
3	Christopher	185	–	3
4	David	166	–	4
5	Ryan	136	–	14
6	James	126	–	5
7	Daniel	120	↑4	11
8	Matthew	113	↑8	6
9	Robert	111	↓2	8
10	Joshua	104	↑9	12
11	John	102	↓3	7
12	Joseph	102	↑2	10
13	Brandon	101	↓4	40
14	William	93	↑1	13
15	Brian	92	↓3	9
16	Richard	82	↑2	21
17	Jeremy	75	↑16	18
18	Chad	74	↓1	35
19	Justin	74	↑10	28
20	Kevin	74	↓10	15
21	Jonathan	72	↓8	31
22	Aaron	66	↓1	32
23	Anthony	65	–	20
24	Mark	65	↓2	26
25	Eric	62	↓1	16
26	Jeffrey	59	↓1	19
27	Shane	59	↑7	65
28	Shaun	59	new	52
29	Sean	57	↓3	45
30	Scott	52	↓10	30
31	Nathan	50	↑4	36
32	Benjamin	49	↑8	34
33	Nicholas	49	new	25
34	Steven	49	↓7	24
35	Paul	47	↓4	33
36	Kenneth	46	↑5	41
37	Thomas	46	↓7	23
38	Andrew	44	↓6	22
39	Edward	42	↑4	47
40	Charles	40	↓12	27
41	Patrick	38	↓3	42
42	Timothy	36	↓3	17
43	Samuel	35	new	57
44	Stephen	35	↑3	37
45	Keith	34	↓8	49
46	Kyle	34	↓10	63
47	Gavin	32	new	>100
48	Shawn	32	↓6	39
49	Ian	31	new	>100
50	Travis	31	↓2	46

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