Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1981

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (243 babies) and Michael for boys (212). Social Security records list 11,684 babies born in Hawaii in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1981

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

Girls

Malia: 52 babies, 118.1× the national rate
Maile: 18 babies, 108.3× the national rate
Leilani: 34 babies, 57.5× the national rate
Chelsea: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Jasmine: 37 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Jocelyn: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Janice: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Janelle: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Joy: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Robyn: 20 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Keola: 24 babies, 233.4× the national rate
Kawika: 29 babies, 230.7× the national rate
Keoni: 28 babies, 222.8× the national rate
Kimo: 15 babies, 140.7× the national rate
Bronson: 18 babies, 48.2× the national rate
Reid: 17 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Blaine: 16 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Jayson: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Micah: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Grant: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	243	–	1
2	Jessica	116	↑3	2
3	Nicole	110	↑1	7
4	Melissa	92	↓1	5
5	Kimberly	84	↑3	13
6	Michelle	80	↓4	11
7	Tiffany	78	↓1	14
8	Erin	69	↑3	19
9	Sarah	69	↓2	4
10	Crystal	56	–	16
11	Elizabeth	56	↑10	9
12	Malia	52	↑6	>100
13	Jamie	51	↑1	28
14	Amy	50	↑15	6
15	Heather	50	↓3	10
16	Christina	48	↓7	17
17	Christine	47	↓4	42
18	Kristin	47	↑8	31
19	Lisa	47	↑1	18
20	Amber	44	↓4	20
21	Natasha	44	↑22	85
22	Stephanie	42	↓5	8
23	Shannon	41	–	32
24	Amanda	40	↓9	3
25	Angela	38	↑5	15
26	Lauren	38	↓4	35
27	Jasmine	37	↑8	>100
28	Danielle	34	↑4	30
29	Leilani	34	↓10	>100
30	Sara	34	↑11	26
31	Andrea	30	↑7	24
32	Dawn	30	↑14	79
33	Kristen	29	↓5	38
34	Brandy	28	↑5	41
35	Kelly	28	↓8	23
36	Cheryl	27	↓11	>100
37	Laura	27	↑12	21
38	Rachel	27	↓14	22
39	Misty	26	new	61
40	Rebecca	26	↓6	12
41	April	25	new	25
42	Natalie	25	new	60
43	Joy	24	new	>100
44	Marie	24	new	>100
45	Kristy	23	↓3	94
46	Lori	23	new	91
47	Kristina	22	new	72
48	Leslie	22	new	56
49	Mary	22	↓13	27
50	Tanya	22	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	212	–	1
2	Christopher	200	↑1	2
3	Jason	195	↓1	4
4	David	164	–	5
5	Jonathan	151	↑3	16
6	Justin	150	↑3	12
7	Ryan	149	↓1	13
8	Brandon	148	↑2	19
9	Joshua	145	↑3	6
10	Robert	131	↓3	9
11	James	125	↓6	7
12	John	123	↓1	8
13	Matthew	119	↑2	3
14	Aaron	102	↑4	30
15	Daniel	100	↓2	10
16	William	83	–	15
17	Mark	82	↑13	33
18	Brian	81	↓1	14
19	Joseph	80	↓5	11
20	Richard	76	↓1	27
21	Sean	72	↑3	44
22	Nicholas	70	↓2	21
23	Chad	69	↑5	47
24	Eric	64	↑5	17
25	Anthony	63	↓4	23
26	Jeremy	62	–	22
27	Andrew	60	↓2	18
28	Thomas	57	↑8	26
29	Kevin	54	↓7	25
30	Scott	52	↑1	34
31	Steven	52	↑4	28
32	Adam	51	↑5	20
33	Nathan	48	↑6	36
34	Travis	48	↓7	40
35	Kyle	47	new	52
36	Paul	46	↑2	35
37	Shane	44	↓3	81
38	Jeffrey	43	↓15	29
39	Jesse	42	↑3	37
40	Patrick	41	–	38
41	Jacob	39	↓8	43
42	Charles	38	↓10	31
43	Derek	36	↑2	53
44	Dustin	36	↑4	42
45	Jared	36	new	57
46	Timothy	35	↓3	24
47	Edward	32	↓3	51
48	Zachary	32	new	63
49	Alexander	30	new	70
50	Benjamin	29	↓9	32

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