Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1985

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1985 were Ashley for girls (165 babies) and Christopher for boys (239). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,740 babies born in Hawaii in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1985

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: 24 babies, 133.7× the national rate
Malia: 26 babies, 70.2× the national rate
Leilani: 29 babies, 66.1× the national rate
Tiana: 26 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Chantel: 24 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Alana: 29 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jasmine: 44 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Naomi: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Taryn: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Joy: 16 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Ikaika: 19 babies, 256.8× the national rate
Keoni: 23 babies, 222× the national rate
Kawika: 21 babies, 218.3× the national rate
Bronson: 25 babies, 54.5× the national rate
Bryson: 21 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Reid: 16 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Micah: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Joey: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dane: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jerome: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	165	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	163	↓1	3
3	Jessica	142	–	1
4	Nicole	131	–	7
5	Tiffany	80	–	23
6	Michelle	76	↑1	22
7	Melissa	71	↑1	11
8	Amanda	70	↑2	4
9	Rachel	70	↑2	13
10	Sarah	70	↑7	5
11	Kimberly	68	↑2	19
12	Stephanie	66	↑2	6
13	Christina	64	↓1	12
14	Lauren	61	↑7	15
15	Jamie	58	↑10	27
16	Danielle	54	↓1	18
17	Crystal	53	↓8	21
18	Heather	52	↓12	8
19	Megan	51	↓1	10
20	Natasha	47	↑4	79
21	Elizabeth	46	↑1	9
22	Samantha	45	↑25	29
23	Jasmine	44	↑10	>100
24	Christine	43	↓4	44
25	Erin	43	↓9	26
26	Laura	42	↑6	14
27	Kristen	41	↑1	38
28	Amy	40	↓5	20
29	Lisa	40	↑1	36
30	Jenna	37	↓1	50
31	Kelly	37	↑6	28
32	Amber	34	↓13	16
33	Sheena	33	new	91
34	Angela	31	↓7	31
35	Shannon	31	↑6	41
36	Alana	29	new	>100
37	Andrea	29	↓11	33
38	Leilani	29	↑7	>100
39	Sara	29	↑1	30
40	Erica	27	↑4	34
41	Melanie	27	new	88
42	Rebecca	27	↑4	25
43	Kristin	26	↓9	49
44	Malia	26	↓13	>100
45	Tiana	26	↓7	>100
46	Chantel	24	new	>100
47	Chelsea	24	↓12	75
48	Emily	24	↑2	24
49	Maile	24	new	>100
50	Catherine	23	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	239	–	2
2	Michael	224	–	1
3	Joshua	179	–	4
4	Justin	155	↑1	15
5	Matthew	144	↓1	3
6	David	137	↑1	6
7	Daniel	131	↑1	5
8	Brandon	126	↑2	13
9	Ryan	124	↓3	12
10	Jason	123	↓1	14
11	Jonathan	121	↑3	17
12	Robert	113	↑1	8
13	James	112	↓2	7
14	John	110	↓2	9
15	Andrew	99	↑4	11
16	William	86	↑1	16
17	Anthony	84	↑5	20
18	Joseph	84	↓2	10
19	Kyle	83	↑7	27
20	Nicholas	83	↓2	19
21	Sean	81	↑2	38
22	Kevin	74	↓2	23
23	Aaron	72	↓8	33
24	Brian	72	–	18
25	Richard	72	↑9	28
26	Eric	69	↓5	21
27	Scott	67	↑15	44
28	Mark	65	↑1	32
29	Jeremy	63	↑8	30
30	Thomas	63	–	25
31	Travis	60	↓6	46
32	Jeffrey	57	↑4	29
33	Jordan	56	↑15	62
34	Steven	56	↑11	24
35	Dustin	54	↓3	41
36	Tyler	50	↑14	43
37	Chad	49	↓10	57
38	Timothy	49	↑8	26
39	Alexander	47	new	50
40	Benjamin	46	↓1	31
41	Charles	45	↓10	34
42	Stephen	45	↓1	36
43	Patrick	44	↓10	37
44	Adam	43	↓16	22
45	Jared	43	↓1	58
46	Ian	42	↑1	78
47	Jesse	42	↑2	51
48	Nathan	42	↓8	40
49	Paul	42	↓11	42
50	Kenneth	38	new	47

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