Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1990

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1990 were Ashley for girls (186 babies) and Joshua for boys (212). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,670 babies born in Hawaii in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1990

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: 23 babies, 258.1× the national rate
Maile: 18 babies, 133.2× the national rate
Malia: 24 babies, 52.5× the national rate
Leilani: 20 babies, 44.3× the national rate
Tiana: 38 babies, 22× the national rate
Chanel: 20 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Alana: 21 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Shayna: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Tatiana: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tasha: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Ikaika: 23 babies, 262× the national rate
Kekoa: 16 babies, 198.1× the national rate
Kawika: 22 babies, 195.8× the national rate
Keoni: 28 babies, 181.2× the national rate
Kalani: 17 babies, 179.3× the national rate
Bronson: 39 babies, 50.9× the national rate
Bryson: 52 babies, 44.5× the national rate
Micah: 63 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Dane: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Joey: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	186	–	2
2	Jessica	144	–	1
3	Nicole	122	–	13
4	Brittany	109	–	3
5	Jennifer	95	↑4	8
6	Sarah	94	↓1	6
7	Amanda	88	↑1	4
8	Michelle	88	↑2	22
9	Chelsea	84	↓3	24
10	Lauren	84	↑1	10
11	Samantha	74	↑3	5
12	Jasmine	71	↑5	28
13	Amber	65	↓1	15
14	Tiffany	62	↑1	23
15	Rachel	61	↓2	16
16	Alyssa	56	↑13	27
17	Megan	56	↓1	11
18	Elizabeth	52	↑15	9
19	Kayla	52	↑5	14
20	Kimberly	52	↑8	31
21	Courtney	50	↑6	17
22	Melissa	50	↓1	20
23	Ariel	47	new	94
24	Brittney	47	↓1	44
25	Stephanie	47	↓18	7
26	Heather	43	↓6	19
27	Kristen	41	↓9	42
28	Emily	40	↑13	12
29	Sara	38	↑5	34
30	Tiana	38	↑9	>100
31	Christina	35	↓5	25
32	Danielle	34	↓13	18
33	Natasha	32	↓11	>100
34	Rebecca	32	↓2	21
35	Victoria	32	new	33
36	Britney	31	↑13	>100
37	Caitlin	30	new	50
38	Erica	29	new	36
39	Kelsey	29	↓14	32
40	Angela	28	↑8	52
41	Cassandra	27	↑9	49
42	Hannah	27	new	30
43	Amy	26	new	38
44	Andrea	26	new	40
45	Chelsey	26	↓5	>100
46	Katherine	26	–	26
47	Christine	24	↓10	62
48	Malia	24	↓17	>100
49	Shannon	24	new	68
50	Vanessa	24	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Joshua	212	–	4
2	Michael	205	–	1
3	Christopher	182	–	2
4	Justin	169	↑1	9
5	Matthew	142	↓1	3
6	Jordan	135	↑12	29
7	Ryan	125	↓1	11
8	Brandon	120	↑4	19
9	James	120	↑2	8
10	Daniel	117	↓3	5
11	Andrew	108	↓3	7
12	Kyle	106	↑1	18
13	Nicholas	101	↑1	14
14	Joseph	97	↑10	10
15	John	95	–	12
16	Jonathan	95	↓6	17
17	Robert	95	↓1	13
18	David	91	↓9	6
19	Kevin	87	↑6	23
20	Anthony	85	↓3	15
21	Sean	82	↓2	37
22	Zachary	81	↑4	22
23	Tyler	79	↑11	21
24	Jacob	77	↓1	20
25	Aaron	74	↓3	34
26	William	74	↓5	16
27	Travis	72	↓7	42
28	Alexander	70	↑4	28
29	Jason	66	↓2	46
30	Christian	65	↑16	60
31	Micah	63	↑17	>100
32	Cody	58	↑12	31
33	Jeremy	53	↓5	40
34	Bryson	52	new	>100
35	Dustin	52	↓2	50
36	Richard	52	↓7	35
37	Steven	51	–	25
38	Jeffrey	50	↓2	43
39	Patrick	50	↑10	36
40	Thomas	49	↓2	26
41	Ian	48	↑2	70
42	Shane	48	↑8	73
43	Eric	46	↓4	24
44	Brian	43	↓14	27
45	Mark	43	–	47
46	Stephen	43	new	39
47	Chad	42	↓12	85
48	Benjamin	40	↓17	33
49	Jared	40	new	63
50	Bronson	39	new	>100

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