Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1979

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (210 babies) and Michael for boys (234). Social Security records list 11,204 babies born in Hawaii in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1979

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: 17 babies, 143.3× the national rate
Malia: 43 babies, 106.6× the national rate
Leilani: 31 babies, 68.3× the national rate
Jasmine: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Joy: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Desiree: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Janelle: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Summer: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Naomi: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marisa: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Kekoa: 16 babies, 237.5× the national rate
Keoni: 20 babies, 213.8× the national rate
Keola: 16 babies, 213.8× the national rate
Kawika: 25 babies, 202.5× the national rate
Reid: 16 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Gavin: 20 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Abraham: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lance: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Grant: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Ian: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	210	–	1
2	Nicole	102	↑4	9
3	Michelle	96	↓1	10
4	Melissa	93	–	2
5	Jessica	78	↓2	4
6	Kimberly	68	↑1	12
7	Christina	65	↓2	14
8	Lisa	61	↑5	13
9	Angela	57	↑5	8
10	Sarah	52	↑19	6
11	Elizabeth	51	–	11
12	Jamie	50	↑5	19
13	Shannon	49	↑3	25
14	Amanda	47	↑12	3
15	Heather	46	↓6	7
16	Erin	45	↓4	21
17	Malia	43	↓7	>100
18	Melanie	42	↑1	53
19	Kelly	41	↓1	16
20	Christine	40	↓12	35
21	Tiffany	40	↓1	28
22	Crystal	39	–	18
23	Stephanie	37	↓8	15
24	Amy	35	↑10	5
25	Andrea	32	↑5	26
26	Dawn	32	↓3	57
27	Rachel	32	↑16	27
28	Amber	31	–	22
29	Leilani	31	↓8	>100
30	Julie	30	↑11	29
31	Laura	30	–	20
32	Tanya	29	↑4	93
33	Brandy	28	↓9	39
34	Kristy	28	↑1	56
35	Lauren	28	new	45
36	Joy	27	↑10	>100
37	Cheryl	26	↓10	94
38	Denise	26	new	92
39	Rebecca	26	↑3	17
40	Alicia	25	new	47
41	Misty	25	new	42
42	Natalie	25	new	68
43	Summer	25	↓4	>100
44	Desiree	24	↓19	>100
45	Katherine	24	↓8	36
46	Catherine	23	new	78
47	Samantha	23	new	66
48	Leah	22	new	98
49	Mary	22	↓17	24
50	Kristi	21	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	234	↑1	1
2	Jason	215	↓1	3
3	Christopher	210	–	2
4	David	159	–	4
5	Ryan	140	–	14
6	James	133	–	5
7	John	129	↑4	7
8	Robert	129	↑1	8
9	Joshua	121	↑1	9
10	Daniel	99	↓3	12
11	Brandon	95	↑2	35
12	Joseph	93	–	11
13	Aaron	92	↑9	32
14	Matthew	89	↓6	6
15	William	86	↓1	13
16	Jonathan	79	↑5	31
17	Kevin	78	↑3	19
18	Anthony	73	↑5	21
19	Brian	68	↓4	10
20	Justin	68	↓1	22
21	Travis	68	↑29	36
22	Richard	67	↓6	25
23	Jeremy	64	↓6	16
24	Chad	62	↓6	38
25	Nicholas	62	↑8	15
26	Scott	62	↑4	29
27	Mark	61	↓3	30
28	Sean	60	↑1	49
29	Jeffrey	57	↓3	24
30	Eric	56	↓5	17
31	Steven	54	↑3	27
32	Paul	53	↑3	34
33	Andrew	52	↑5	20
34	Thomas	51	↑3	26
35	Shaun	50	↓7	64
36	Nathan	44	↓5	37
37	Timothy	43	↑5	18
38	Shane	42	↓11	67
39	Charles	41	↑1	28
40	Kyle	40	↑6	56
41	Patrick	40	–	39
42	Benjamin	38	↓10	33
43	Edward	38	↓4	48
44	Ian	37	↑5	>100
45	Jacob	33	new	45
46	Lance	33	new	>100
47	Stephen	33	↓3	40
48	Adam	32	new	23
49	Ronald	32	new	54
50	Jesse	31	new	50

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