Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1987

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1987 were Ashley for girls (213 babies) and Christopher for boys (233). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,593 babies born in Hawaii in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1987

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: 15 babies, 215.2× the national rate
Maile: 15 babies, 131.2× the national rate
Malia: 28 babies, 73.8× the national rate
Leilani: 26 babies, 66.6× the national rate
Tiana: 25 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Summer: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marisa: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Robyn: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sasha: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marissa: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Ikaika: 24 babies, 246× the national rate
Keoni: 28 babies, 209.5× the national rate
Kekoa: 17 babies, 196.1× the national rate
Bronson: 38 babies, 58.1× the national rate
Bryson: 24 babies, 25.9× the national rate
Jonah: 25 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Sheldon: 18 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Reid: 16 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Gavin: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Micah: 27 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	213	–	2
2	Jessica	159	–	1
3	Nicole	118	–	8
4	Jennifer	110	–	4
5	Amanda	99	–	3
6	Sarah	88	↑2	5
7	Michelle	74	↓1	21
8	Lauren	70	↑9	16
9	Stephanie	67	–	6
10	Rachel	65	↑4	17
11	Samantha	65	↑17	11
12	Danielle	60	↑3	14
13	Tiffany	60	↓6	18
14	Elizabeth	58	↑2	10
15	Amber	55	↓4	15
16	Christina	50	↓6	20
17	Megan	50	↑8	12
18	Chelsea	49	↑17	47
19	Heather	49	↓6	9
20	Kimberly	49	↓1	23
21	Melissa	46	↓9	13
22	Kristen	44	↑2	42
23	Natasha	44	↑4	73
24	Brittany	43	↑23	7
25	Erin	39	↓7	34
26	Jenna	38	↑7	57
27	Shannon	38	↑2	45
28	Alicia	34	↑18	46
29	Andrea	33	new	36
30	Christine	33	↓10	48
31	Crystal	32	↓9	26
32	Vanessa	32	↑6	43
33	Jasmine	31	↓2	79
34	Sara	31	↑9	29
35	Courtney	30	new	33
36	Jamie	30	↓13	39
37	Katherine	30	↑3	28
38	Amy	29	↑6	24
39	Angela	29	↓5	35
40	Laura	29	↓4	22
41	Marissa	29	new	>100
42	Rebecca	29	new	25
43	Alyssa	28	new	60
44	Krystal	28	new	70
45	Malia	28	↓4	>100
46	Kelly	27	↓25	30
47	Kelsey	27	new	67
48	Leilani	26	↑2	>100
49	Lisa	26	↓23	40
50	Tiana	25	↓20	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	233	↑1	2
2	Michael	190	↓1	1
3	Matthew	180	↑1	3
4	Joshua	172	↑1	4
5	Justin	168	↑1	9
6	Ryan	146	↓3	13
7	Brandon	132	–	14
8	Daniel	119	↑6	7
9	James	118	–	8
10	David	116	↓2	5
11	Jason	114	↑6	23
12	Andrew	107	↑1	6
13	Robert	104	↓3	10
14	Aaron	96	↑2	34
15	Kyle	94	–	22
16	Jonathan	91	↓5	18
17	Joseph	88	↑2	12
18	Sean	86	↑7	40
19	John	82	↓7	11
20	Anthony	80	↑6	17
21	Jordan	77	↑3	52
22	Kevin	74	↑8	19
23	William	72	↓5	15
24	Nicholas	71	↓3	16
25	Brian	70	↑4	20
26	Thomas	67	↓6	24
27	Richard	64	↑8	30
28	Jacob	60	↓5	31
29	Jeffrey	60	↑12	32
30	Shane	57	↑9	65
31	Eric	54	↓9	21
32	Scott	53	new	43
33	Zachary	53	↑3	33
34	Travis	51	↑4	42
35	Dustin	50	↓1	44
36	Alexander	49	↑7	37
37	Benjamin	49	new	28
38	Jeremy	47	↓11	29
39	Patrick	45	↑3	41
40	Mark	44	↓12	36
41	Paul	44	↑4	46
42	Timothy	44	↑4	26
43	Tyler	44	↓12	39
44	Steven	43	new	25
45	Cody	42	↑3	49
46	Adam	39	↓6	27
47	Jesse	39	↑2	55
48	Bronson	38	new	>100
49	Jared	38	↓5	58
50	Chad	37	↓18	63

← Hawaii 1986 Hawaii: all years · US 1987 Hawaii 1988 →