Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1984

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (200 babies) and Christopher for boys (242). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,311 babies born in Hawaii in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1984

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: 18 babies, 250.2× the national rate
Maile: 18 babies, 119.9× the national rate
Malia: 35 babies, 76.6× the national rate
Leilani: 26 babies, 59× the national rate
Tiana: 30 babies, 23.3× the national rate
Chantel: 17 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Naomi: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jasmine: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cheryl: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Summer: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Ikaika: 22 babies, 225.5× the national rate
Kawika: 18 babies, 184.5× the national rate
Keoni: 24 babies, 170.8× the national rate
Bronson: 30 babies, 58.2× the national rate
Bryson: 26 babies, 34.3× the national rate
Jonah: 24 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Gavin: 22 babies, 11× the national rate
Dane: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Micah: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	200	–	1
2	Ashley	168	↑1	3
3	Jessica	157	↓1	2
4	Nicole	126	↑1	7
5	Tiffany	94	↑1	14
6	Heather	74	↑8	9
7	Michelle	74	–	17
8	Melissa	73	↓4	8
9	Crystal	71	↑1	12
10	Amanda	69	↑7	4
11	Rachel	63	↑4	15
12	Christina	62	–	20
13	Kimberly	62	↓2	22
14	Stephanie	61	↓6	6
15	Danielle	58	↑12	16
16	Erin	56	↓7	25
17	Sarah	54	↓4	5
18	Megan	53	↑7	11
19	Amber	48	↓3	18
20	Christine	47	↓2	43
21	Lauren	47	↑3	21
22	Elizabeth	44	↓3	10
23	Amy	42	↑10	13
24	Natasha	41	↑11	77
25	Jamie	40	↓3	31
26	Andrea	39	new	28
27	Angela	38	↑4	26
28	Kristen	38	↓8	38
29	Jenna	37	new	54
30	Lisa	36	↓4	29
31	Malia	35	↓10	>100
32	Laura	34	↑16	19
33	Jasmine	33	↓10	>100
34	Kristin	32	↑7	47
35	Chelsea	31	↓3	84
36	Jacqueline	30	new	56
37	Kelly	30	↓3	27
38	Tiana	30	new	>100
39	Julie	27	new	52
40	Sara	27	↓3	32
41	Shannon	27	↓12	37
42	Tara	27	new	49
43	Brandi	26	↓4	61
44	Erica	26	new	34
45	Leilani	26	↓9	>100
46	Rebecca	26	↓18	23
47	Samantha	26	↓2	39
48	Katherine	24	↓10	30
49	Vanessa	24	new	45
50	Emily	23	↓3	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	242	–	2
2	Michael	240	–	1
3	Joshua	185	↑4	4
4	Matthew	185	↑1	3
5	Justin	160	↓2	13
6	Ryan	157	–	12
7	David	154	↑1	5
8	Daniel	142	↑6	6
9	Jason	139	↓5	11
10	Brandon	134	↓1	15
11	James	134	↓1	7
12	John	128	↑1	8
13	Robert	115	↓2	9
14	Jonathan	109	↓2	19
15	Aaron	96	↑1	29
16	Joseph	95	↓1	10
17	William	94	↑4	16
18	Nicholas	82	–	20
19	Andrew	80	↑5	14
20	Kevin	74	↑6	24
21	Eric	72	↑8	22
22	Anthony	71	↓3	21
23	Sean	70	↑4	43
24	Brian	68	↓7	17
25	Travis	67	↓3	42
26	Kyle	64	↓1	34
27	Chad	61	↑4	51
28	Adam	57	↑17	18
29	Mark	56	↓9	32
30	Thomas	56	↓7	25
31	Charles	54	↑10	33
32	Dustin	53	↑8	41
33	Patrick	53	↑3	36
34	Richard	51	↓6	27
35	Jacob	50	↑15	37
36	Jeffrey	50	↓6	28
37	Jeremy	50	↓5	31
38	Paul	50	↑1	40
39	Benjamin	49	↑7	30
40	Nathan	46	new	38
41	Stephen	46	↑3	35
42	Scott	44	↓8	39
43	Shane	42	–	85
44	Jared	41	new	59
45	Steven	41	↓8	23
46	Timothy	41	↓13	26
47	Ian	40	new	78
48	Jordan	39	↓13	65
49	Jesse	37	↓11	50
50	Tyler	35	new	47

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