Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1982

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (215 babies) and Christopher for boys (265). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,108 babies born in Hawaii in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1982

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

Girls

Kanani: 18 babies, 247.4× the national rate
Tiare: 18 babies, 219.9× the national rate
Maile: 17 babies, 105.8× the national rate
Malia: 48 babies, 96.6× the national rate
Leilani: 38 babies, 72.5× the national rate
Jasmine: 32 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Summer: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Janelle: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Sheena: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Joy: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Ikaika: 15 babies, 216.8× the national rate
Kawika: 23 babies, 213.7× the national rate
Keoni: 16 babies, 166.5× the national rate
Bronson: 16 babies, 43.8× the national rate
Bryson: 20 babies, 29.2× the national rate
Reid: 24 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Gavin: 19 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Micah: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tyson: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Damien: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	215	–	1
2	Jessica	131	–	2
3	Nicole	109	–	6
4	Crystal	94	↑6	9
5	Melissa	83	↓1	5
6	Michelle	82	–	11
7	Tiffany	78	–	13
8	Elizabeth	68	↑3	8
9	Kimberly	66	↓4	14
10	Sarah	60	↓1	4
11	Stephanie	58	↑11	7
12	Amanda	57	↑12	3
13	Christina	57	↑3	19
14	Ashley	54	new	17
15	Lauren	51	↑11	26
16	Angela	49	↑9	16
17	Lisa	49	↑2	23
18	Malia	48	↓6	>100
19	Amber	47	↑1	18
20	Christine	47	↓3	46
21	Erin	44	↓13	20
22	Heather	43	↓7	12
23	Kristin	43	↓5	37
24	Rachel	42	↑14	21
25	Kristen	40	↑8	33
26	Jamie	39	↓13	29
27	Natasha	39	↓6	71
28	Leilani	38	↑1	>100
29	Shannon	37	↓6	38
30	Julie	35	new	41
31	Rebecca	35	↑9	15
32	Brandi	33	new	55
33	Andrea	32	↓2	27
34	Jasmine	32	↓7	>100
35	Danielle	31	↓7	31
36	Melanie	31	new	65
37	Alicia	29	new	53
38	Sheena	29	new	>100
39	Kelly	28	↓4	25
40	Sara	28	↓10	28
41	Tanya	27	↑9	>100
42	Laura	26	↓5	22
43	Leah	26	new	79
44	Leslie	26	↑4	60
45	Katherine	25	new	36
46	Cheryl	24	↓10	>100
47	Diana	24	new	63
48	Megan	24	new	34
49	Samantha	24	new	44
50	Kristina	23	↓3	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	265	↑1	2
2	Michael	249	↓1	1
3	David	195	↑1	5
4	Jason	180	↓1	4
5	Justin	157	↑1	12
6	Ryan	152	↑1	13
7	Matthew	146	↑6	3
8	Joshua	145	↑1	7
9	Brandon	141	↓1	18
10	Jonathan	130	↓5	16
11	James	126	–	6
12	Robert	125	↓2	9
13	John	124	↓1	8
14	Daniel	119	↑1	10
15	Joseph	104	↑4	11
16	William	101	–	15
17	Aaron	77	↓3	30
18	Anthony	75	↑7	21
19	Andrew	74	↑8	17
20	Kevin	73	↑9	25
21	Scott	67	↑9	34
22	Sean	62	↓1	44
23	Nicholas	61	↓1	22
24	Mark	59	↓7	32
25	Brian	58	↓7	14
26	Chad	56	↓3	48
27	Patrick	56	↑13	37
28	Jeremy	55	↓2	28
29	Kyle	54	↑6	47
30	Richard	54	↓10	27
31	Jesse	52	↑8	43
32	Charles	49	↑10	31
33	Thomas	49	↓5	23
34	Benjamin	47	↑16	33
35	Jacob	47	↑6	41
36	Paul	47	–	35
37	Jared	46	↑8	54
38	Travis	46	↓4	39
39	Eric	45	↓15	20
40	Ian	45	new	83
41	Jeffrey	44	↓3	29
42	Jordan	41	new	85
43	Shane	41	↓6	84
44	Steven	40	↓13	26
45	Dustin	38	↓1	42
46	Edward	38	↑1	53
47	Timothy	37	↓1	24
48	Kenneth	35	new	45
49	Shawn	35	new	52
50	Raymond	33	new	70

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