Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1986

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1986 were Ashley for girls (209 babies) and Michael for boys (247). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,371 babies born in Hawaii in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1986

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: 17 babies, 229.9× the national rate
Maile: 16 babies, 140.6× the national rate
Malia: 27 babies, 87.9× the national rate
Leilani: 21 babies, 46.4× the national rate
Tiana: 34 babies, 31.3× the national rate
Shayna: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Janice: 18 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Sasha: 29 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Alana: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Roxanne: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Kekoa: 16 babies, 267× the national rate
Kawika: 15 babies, 193.4× the national rate
Bronson: 31 babies, 61.5× the national rate
Bryson: 28 babies, 30.3× the national rate
Jonah: 17 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Gavin: 21 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Micah: 31 babies, 8× the national rate
Tyson: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Warren: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bryce: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	209	–	2
2	Jessica	135	↑1	1
3	Nicole	133	↑1	7
4	Jennifer	129	↓2	4
5	Amanda	88	↑3	3
6	Michelle	83	–	23
7	Tiffany	82	↓2	17
8	Sarah	74	↑2	5
9	Stephanie	63	↑3	6
10	Christina	61	↑3	19
11	Amber	58	↑21	13
12	Melissa	55	↓5	12
13	Heather	54	↑5	9
14	Rachel	52	↓5	15
15	Danielle	51	↑1	16
16	Elizabeth	51	↑5	10
17	Lauren	51	↓3	14
18	Erin	50	↑7	30
19	Kimberly	45	↓8	18
20	Christine	42	↑4	47
21	Kelly	42	↑10	29
22	Crystal	41	↓5	25
23	Jamie	41	↓8	34
24	Kristen	41	↑3	41
25	Megan	40	↓6	11
26	Lisa	35	↑3	40
27	Natasha	35	↓7	70
28	Samantha	35	↓6	21
29	Shannon	34	↑6	44
30	Tiana	34	↑15	>100
31	Jasmine	33	↓8	95
32	Erica	31	↑8	31
33	Jenna	30	↓3	55
34	Angela	29	–	33
35	Chelsea	29	↑12	73
36	Laura	29	↓10	20
37	Sasha	29	new	>100
38	Vanessa	28	new	43
39	Allison	27	new	42
40	Katherine	27	new	28
41	Malia	27	↑3	>100
42	Lindsey	26	new	39
43	Sara	26	↓4	27
44	Amy	24	↓16	22
45	Whitney	24	new	32
46	Alicia	23	new	45
47	Brittany	21	new	8
48	Emily	21	–	24
49	Jacqueline	21	new	57
50	Leilani	21	↓12	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	247	↑1	1
2	Christopher	217	↓1	2
3	Ryan	174	↑6	11
4	Matthew	171	↑1	3
5	Joshua	164	↓2	4
6	Justin	152	↓2	14
7	Brandon	150	↑1	13
8	David	121	↓2	5
9	James	119	↑4	7
10	Robert	106	↑2	9
11	Jonathan	102	–	16
12	John	101	↑2	10
13	Andrew	99	↑2	8
14	Daniel	98	↓7	6
15	Kyle	95	↑4	23
16	Aaron	92	↑7	33
17	Jason	90	↓7	18
18	William	78	↓2	15
19	Joseph	74	↓1	12
20	Thomas	73	↑10	26
21	Nicholas	72	↓1	17
22	Eric	66	↑4	22
23	Jacob	63	new	31
24	Jordan	63	↑9	53
25	Sean	62	↓4	37
26	Anthony	60	↓9	19
27	Jeremy	55	↑2	28
28	Mark	55	–	35
29	Brian	53	↓5	20
30	Kevin	53	↓8	21
31	Tyler	51	↑5	40
32	Chad	50	↑5	59
33	Charles	49	↑8	34
34	Dustin	49	↑1	42
35	Richard	49	↓10	29
36	Zachary	49	new	38
37	Stephen	48	↑5	36
38	Travis	48	↓7	49
39	Shane	42	new	67
40	Adam	41	↑4	24
41	Jeffrey	41	↓9	32
42	Patrick	41	↑1	39
43	Alexander	38	↓4	41
44	Jared	38	↑1	58
45	Paul	38	↑4	45
46	Timothy	38	↓8	27
47	Shawn	37	new	55
48	Cody	36	new	56
49	Jesse	35	↓2	48
50	Ian	34	↓4	85

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