Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1983

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (219 babies) and Christopher for boys (267). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,671 babies born in Hawaii in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1983

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

Girls

Tiare: 20 babies, 230× the national rate
Malia: 47 babies, 96.7× the national rate
Leilani: 32 babies, 58.8× the national rate
Shantel: 17 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Tiana: 16 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Jasmine: 45 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Naomi: 26 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Stacie: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Joy: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Kristine: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Ikaika: 35 babies, 232.6× the national rate
Keoni: 21 babies, 215.1× the national rate
Kawika: 26 babies, 213.1× the national rate
Bronson: 19 babies, 48.2× the national rate
Reid: 21 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Jonah: 15 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Jayson: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Dane: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Micah: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	219	–	1
2	Jessica	161	–	2
3	Ashley	133	↑11	4
4	Melissa	111	↑1	6
5	Nicole	109	↓2	7
6	Tiffany	93	↑1	14
7	Michelle	85	↓1	13
8	Stephanie	82	↑3	8
9	Erin	81	↑12	18
10	Crystal	77	↓6	11
11	Kimberly	76	↓2	15
12	Christina	72	↑1	16
13	Sarah	72	↓3	5
14	Heather	67	↑8	9
15	Rachel	66	↑9	20
16	Amber	64	↑3	17
17	Amanda	58	↓5	3
18	Christine	51	↑2	47
19	Elizabeth	49	↓11	10
20	Kristen	49	↑5	37
21	Malia	47	↓3	>100
22	Jamie	46	↑4	28
23	Jasmine	45	↑11	>100
24	Lauren	42	↓9	24
25	Megan	40	↑23	21
26	Lisa	39	↓9	27
27	Danielle	37	↑8	29
28	Rebecca	37	↑3	19
29	Shannon	37	–	38
30	Sheena	35	↑8	>100
31	Angela	34	↓15	22
32	Chelsea	34	new	>100
33	Amy	33	new	12
34	Kelly	33	↑5	26
35	Natasha	33	↓8	71
36	Leilani	32	↓8	>100
37	Sara	32	↑3	31
38	Katherine	31	↑7	34
39	Brandi	30	↓7	56
40	Desiree	30	new	94
41	Kristin	29	↓18	42
42	Kristina	27	↑8	63
43	Victoria	27	new	58
44	Naomi	26	new	>100
45	Samantha	26	↑4	40
46	Lindsey	25	new	35
47	Emily	24	new	25
48	Laura	24	↓6	23
49	Monica	24	new	54
50	Alicia	23	↓13	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	267	–	2
2	Michael	252	–	1
3	Justin	170	↑2	12
4	Jason	168	–	7
5	Matthew	165	↑2	3
6	Ryan	164	–	13
7	Joshua	153	↑1	5
8	David	145	↓5	4
9	Brandon	140	–	17
10	James	130	↑1	6
11	Robert	123	↑1	10
12	Jonathan	117	↓2	19
13	John	116	–	9
14	Daniel	114	–	8
15	Joseph	98	–	11
16	Aaron	91	↑1	29
17	Brian	87	↑8	14
18	Nicholas	85	↑5	21
19	Anthony	82	↓1	22
20	Mark	81	↑4	31
21	William	79	↓5	16
22	Travis	78	↑16	41
23	Thomas	77	↑10	24
24	Andrew	75	↓5	15
25	Kyle	75	↑4	34
26	Kevin	74	↓6	25
27	Sean	71	↓5	44
28	Richard	67	↑2	27
29	Eric	64	↑10	20
30	Jeffrey	58	↑11	28
31	Chad	56	↓5	49
32	Jeremy	55	↓4	30
33	Timothy	53	↑14	26
34	Scott	50	↓13	38
35	Jordan	49	↑7	72
36	Patrick	49	↓9	37
37	Steven	49	↑7	23
38	Jesse	46	↓7	46
39	Paul	45	↓3	39
40	Dustin	42	↑5	43
41	Charles	41	↓9	33
42	Alexander	40	new	63
43	Shane	40	–	84
44	Stephen	40	new	35
45	Adam	39	new	18
46	Benjamin	37	↓12	32
47	Bryan	37	new	47
48	Shawn	37	↑1	53
49	Ikaika	35	new	>100
50	Jacob	35	↓15	36

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