Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1980

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (219 babies) and Michael for boys (227). Social Security records list 11,952 babies born in Hawaii in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1980

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: 15 babies, 93.3× the national rate
Malia: 42 babies, 93× the national rate
Leilani: 41 babies, 60.6× the national rate
Dayna: 16 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Chelsea: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Jasmine: 29 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Janelle: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Trisha: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Summer: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Naomi: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Ikaika: 16 babies, 242.7× the national rate
Kawika: 24 babies, 199.6× the national rate
Keoni: 22 babies, 195.6× the national rate
Reid: 19 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Gavin: 21 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jonah: 20 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Jayson: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lance: 36 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Grant: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Micah: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	219	–	1
2	Michelle	126	↑1	10
3	Melissa	95	↑1	4
4	Nicole	92	↓2	7
5	Jessica	83	–	3
6	Tiffany	76	↑15	14
7	Sarah	75	↑3	5
8	Kimberly	70	↓2	11
9	Christina	59	↓2	15
10	Crystal	58	↑12	18
11	Erin	57	↑5	20
12	Heather	56	↑3	6
13	Christine	49	↑7	41
14	Jamie	48	↓2	24
15	Amanda	47	↓1	2
16	Amber	46	↑12	22
17	Stephanie	44	↑6	13
18	Malia	42	↓1	>100
19	Leilani	41	↑10	>100
20	Lisa	41	↓12	16
21	Elizabeth	40	↓10	9
22	Lauren	40	↑13	38
23	Shannon	40	↓10	29
24	Rachel	38	↑3	23
25	Cheryl	36	↑12	>100
26	Kristin	35	new	37
27	Kelly	34	↓8	19
28	Kristen	34	new	39
29	Amy	32	↓5	8
30	Angela	31	↓21	12
31	Melanie	31	↓13	60
32	Danielle	30	new	33
33	Katherine	30	↑12	35
34	Rebecca	30	↑5	17
35	Jasmine	29	new	>100
36	Mary	29	↑13	25
37	Samantha	29	↑10	58
38	Andrea	28	↓13	28
39	Brandy	27	↓6	42
40	Emily	27	new	31
41	Sara	26	new	27
42	Kristy	25	↓8	78
43	Natasha	25	new	89
44	Summer	25	↓1	>100
45	Trisha	25	new	>100
46	Dawn	24	↓20	67
47	Erica	24	new	34
48	Janelle	24	new	>100
49	Laura	24	↓18	21
50	Candice	23	new	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	227	–	1
2	Jason	203	–	3
3	Christopher	183	–	2
4	David	166	–	4
5	James	139	↑1	5
6	Ryan	137	↓1	15
7	Robert	134	↑1	9
8	Jonathan	131	↑8	21
9	Justin	131	↑11	13
10	Brandon	122	↑1	31
11	John	117	↓4	8
12	Joshua	114	↓3	7
13	Daniel	108	↓3	11
14	Joseph	108	↓2	10
15	Matthew	106	↓1	6
16	William	100	↓1	14
17	Brian	96	↑2	12
18	Aaron	88	↓5	34
19	Richard	74	↑3	26
20	Nicholas	72	↑5	17
21	Anthony	68	↓3	24
22	Kevin	68	↓5	23
23	Jeffrey	67	↑6	27
24	Sean	67	↑4	48
25	Andrew	65	↑8	19
26	Jeremy	64	↓3	18
27	Travis	62	↓6	37
28	Chad	60	↓4	39
29	Eric	58	↑1	16
30	Mark	58	↓3	30
31	Scott	55	↓5	33
32	Charles	53	↑7	29
33	Jacob	52	↑12	43
34	Shane	51	↑4	69
35	Steven	50	↓4	28
36	Thomas	46	↓2	25
37	Adam	44	↑11	22
38	Paul	42	↓6	35
39	Nathan	41	↓3	36
40	Patrick	41	↑1	38
41	Benjamin	40	↑1	32
42	Jesse	40	↑8	45
43	Timothy	40	↓6	20
44	Edward	38	↓1	52
45	Derek	36	new	50
46	Lance	36	–	>100
47	Shawn	36	new	47
48	Dustin	35	new	44
49	Kenneth	35	new	41
50	Ronald	35	↓1	58

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