Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1988

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1988 were Ashley for girls (168 babies) and Michael for boys (199). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,732 babies born in Hawaii in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1988

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: 16 babies, 238.6× the national rate
Maile: 16 babies, 110.1× the national rate
Malia: 35 babies, 88.2× the national rate
Leilani: 22 babies, 54.7× the national rate
Tiana: 25 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Chanel: 15 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Shayna: 17 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Alana: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Sheena: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jade: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Kapena: 15 babies, 283.3× the national rate
Ikaika: 18 babies, 242.9× the national rate
Kawika: 23 babies, 217.2× the national rate
Keoni: 18 babies, 212.5× the national rate
Bronson: 26 babies, 41.9× the national rate
Bryson: 39 babies, 35.4× the national rate
Dane: 20 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Micah: 28 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tyson: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Noah: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	168	–	2
2	Jessica	159	–	1
3	Nicole	120	–	9
4	Jennifer	106	–	5
5	Sarah	91	↑1	4
6	Amanda	89	↓1	3
7	Samantha	72	↑4	8
8	Tiffany	72	↑5	13
9	Chelsea	68	↑9	33
10	Lauren	68	↓2	11
11	Rachel	65	↓1	19
12	Jasmine	63	↑21	53
13	Kimberly	63	↑7	25
14	Danielle	61	↓2	17
15	Amber	57	–	15
16	Heather	57	↑3	14
17	Melissa	57	↑4	16
18	Michelle	57	↓11	21
19	Elizabeth	55	↓5	10
20	Stephanie	50	↓11	7
21	Erin	47	↑4	37
22	Jamie	47	↑14	45
23	Megan	46	↓6	12
24	Brittany	44	–	6
25	Kristen	42	↓3	36
26	Christina	41	↓10	22
27	Kayla	41	new	20
28	Jenna	40	↓2	66
29	Natasha	40	↓6	73
30	Alyssa	36	↑13	47
31	Cassandra	36	new	59
32	Crystal	36	↓1	28
33	Katherine	36	↑4	27
34	Malia	35	↑11	>100
35	Christine	34	↓5	51
36	Courtney	34	↓1	24
37	Erica	34	new	31
38	Melanie	33	new	99
39	Brittney	31	new	52
40	Rebecca	31	↑2	26
41	Kelsey	29	↑6	64
42	Kristin	28	new	58
43	Sara	28	↓9	30
44	Alexandra	26	new	49
45	Andrea	26	↓16	35
46	Angela	26	↓7	38
47	Kelly	26	↓1	32
48	Laura	25	↓8	23
49	Lindsey	25	new	48
50	Tiana	25	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	199	↑1	1
2	Joshua	191	↑2	4
3	Christopher	188	↓2	2
4	Matthew	163	↓1	3
5	Justin	157	–	7
6	Ryan	137	–	13
7	Brandon	126	–	17
8	James	121	↑1	9
9	David	117	↑1	6
10	Andrew	111	↑2	5
11	John	106	↑8	11
12	Jonathan	106	↑4	15
13	Daniel	104	↓5	8
14	Robert	100	↓1	10
15	Aaron	95	↓1	31
16	Kyle	93	↓1	21
17	Joseph	92	–	12
18	Nicholas	89	↑6	14
19	Jason	85	↓8	27
20	William	80	↑3	16
21	Kevin	79	↑1	20
22	Thomas	74	↑4	23
23	Sean	73	↓5	38
24	Travis	71	↑10	41
25	Anthony	70	↓5	18
26	Jordan	61	↓5	52
27	Mark	61	↑13	39
28	Zachary	61	↑5	29
29	Brian	59	↓4	22
30	Eric	59	↑1	19
31	Jacob	56	↓3	28
32	Richard	56	↓5	32
33	Alexander	55	↑3	34
34	Dustin	54	↑1	48
35	Scott	50	↓3	47
36	Tyler	50	↑7	33
37	Paul	49	↑4	46
38	Cody	46	↑7	43
39	Jeremy	46	↓1	35
40	Ian	45	new	77
41	Shane	44	↓11	67
42	Benjamin	43	↓5	30
43	Charles	42	new	37
44	Steven	41	–	24
45	Bryson	39	new	>100
46	Jeffrey	39	↓17	36
47	Chad	37	↑3	65
48	Timothy	36	↓6	25
49	Jesse	34	↓2	55
50	Nathan	34	new	44

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