Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1989

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1989 were Ashley for girls (155 babies) and Joshua for boys (221). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,954 babies born in Hawaii in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1989

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, 194.7× the national rate
Malia: 36 babies, 79.6× the national rate
Leilani: 27 babies, 66.6× the national rate
Kiana: 15 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Tiana: 30 babies, 22× the national rate
Alana: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Natasha: 49 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Chelsey: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sasha: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tasha: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Kainoa: 15 babies, 289.8× the national rate
Kekoa: 25 babies, 278.7× the national rate
Kawika: 20 babies, 263.5× the national rate
Ikaika: 21 babies, 253.6× the national rate
Keoni: 29 babies, 175.1× the national rate
Kalani: 19 babies, 162× the national rate
Bronson: 25 babies, 40.5× the national rate
Bryson: 35 babies, 31.1× the national rate
Reid: 21 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Jonah: 17 babies, 18.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	155	–	2
2	Jessica	138	–	1
3	Nicole	137	–	12
4	Brittany	112	↑20	3
5	Sarah	86	–	5
6	Chelsea	83	↑3	27
7	Stephanie	80	↑13	8
8	Amanda	78	↓2	4
9	Jennifer	75	↓5	7
10	Michelle	75	↑8	22
11	Lauren	66	↓1	9
12	Amber	65	↑3	14
13	Rachel	64	↓2	18
14	Samantha	62	↓7	6
15	Tiffany	61	↓7	16
16	Megan	60	↑7	11
17	Jasmine	57	↓5	30
18	Kristen	55	↑7	36
19	Danielle	52	↓5	17
20	Heather	52	↓4	15
21	Melissa	51	↓4	19
22	Natasha	49	↑7	87
23	Brittney	45	↑16	41
24	Kayla	45	↑3	20
25	Kelsey	42	↑16	31
26	Christina	41	–	23
27	Courtney	41	↑9	21
28	Kimberly	41	↓15	28
29	Alyssa	38	↑1	33
30	Crystal	37	↑2	32
31	Malia	36	↑3	>100
32	Rebecca	35	↑8	24
33	Elizabeth	33	↓14	10
34	Sara	33	↑9	29
35	Alicia	32	new	53
36	Jamie	32	↓14	52
37	Christine	31	↓2	59
38	Alexandra	30	↑6	43
39	Tiana	30	↑11	>100
40	Chelsey	29	new	>100
41	Emily	29	new	13
42	Erin	29	↓21	40
43	Kelly	28	↑4	37
44	Kristin	28	↓2	60
45	Leilani	27	new	>100
46	Katherine	26	↓13	26
47	Marissa	26	new	81
48	Angela	25	↓2	47
49	Britney	25	new	>100
50	Cassandra	25	↓19	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Joshua	221	↑1	4
2	Michael	212	↓1	1
3	Christopher	187	–	2
4	Matthew	145	–	3
5	Justin	136	–	8
6	Ryan	127	–	13
7	Daniel	116	↑6	6
8	Andrew	110	↑2	7
9	David	110	–	5
10	Jonathan	109	↑2	17
11	James	103	↓3	9
12	Brandon	100	↓5	18
13	Kyle	99	↑3	20
14	Nicholas	98	↑4	14
15	John	97	↓4	12
16	Robert	96	↓2	10
17	Anthony	89	↑8	16
18	Jordan	89	↑8	44
19	Sean	87	↑4	39
20	Travis	85	↑4	41
21	William	81	↓1	15
22	Aaron	78	↓7	31
23	Jacob	75	↑8	26
24	Joseph	75	↓7	11
25	Kevin	72	↓4	19
26	Zachary	71	↑2	25
27	Jason	67	↓8	35
28	Jeremy	63	↑11	34
29	Richard	63	↑3	33
30	Brian	58	↓1	24
31	Benjamin	57	↑11	29
32	Alexander	56	↑1	32
33	Dustin	54	↑1	48
34	Tyler	54	↑2	30
35	Chad	53	↑12	74
36	Jeffrey	51	↑10	37
37	Steven	50	↑7	22
38	Thomas	50	↓16	23
39	Eric	46	↓9	21
40	Timothy	46	↑8	28
41	Scott	45	↓6	51
42	Charles	43	↑1	36
43	Ian	42	↓3	68
44	Cody	41	↓6	45
45	Mark	41	↓18	42
46	Christian	40	new	78
47	Jesse	40	↑2	50
48	Micah	40	new	>100
49	Patrick	40	new	38
50	Shane	36	↓9	71

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