Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1996

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1996 were Taylor for girls (109 babies) and Joshua for boys (152). Taylor ranked #6 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,891 babies born in Hawaii in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1996

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, 180.8× the national rate
Maile: 16 babies, 131.2× the national rate
Malia: 37 babies, 57.5× the national rate
Leilani: 18 babies, 36× the national rate
Tiana: 35 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Kiana: 56 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Alana: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Tatiana: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Naomi: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kylie: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Kainalu: 16 babies, 312.8× the national rate
Kawika: 20 babies, 229.2× the national rate
Kekoa: 16 babies, 197× the national rate
Kainoa: 25 babies, 176.8× the national rate
Bronson: 22 babies, 44.3× the national rate
Keanu: 29 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Kai: 21 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Micah: 71 babies, 16× the national rate
Bryson: 28 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Jonah: 32 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Taylor	109	↑1	6
2	Kayla	90	↑3	11
3	Ashley	83	–	3
4	Jessica	74	↓3	2
5	Rachel	62	↓1	9
6	Sarah	60	↑2	4
7	Samantha	59	↑4	5
8	Kiana	56	↑9	>100
9	Emily	53	↑1	1
10	Megan	53	↑6	12
11	Nicole	53	↓5	22
12	Alyssa	51	↑2	23
13	Alexis	45	↑15	8
14	Jasmine	42	↑1	28
15	Jennifer	39	↑8	19
16	Hannah	37	↑6	7
17	Malia	37	↑1	>100
18	Amanda	35	↓6	13
19	Elizabeth	35	↑15	10
20	Lauren	35	↓11	16
21	Sierra	35	↑12	62
22	Tiana	35	↑9	>100
23	Amber	34	↓10	27
24	Courtney	34	↓17	21
25	Kylie	34	↑1	>100
26	Michelle	33	↓2	47
27	Madison	32	new	15
28	Danielle	31	↓9	29
29	Brianna	30	↑3	17
30	Chelsea	30	↓9	55
31	Savannah	30	new	43
32	Kristen	28	↑6	70
33	Mariah	27	↑13	63
34	Tiffany	27	↓4	52
35	Alexandra	26	new	26
36	Stephanie	26	new	20
37	Marissa	25	↑4	59
38	Jordan	24	new	49
39	Kimberly	24	↓2	41
40	Shelby	23	↑3	35
41	Angela	22	↑8	90
42	Jamie	22	new	96
43	Victoria	22	↓16	18
44	Alana	21	new	>100
45	Caitlin	21	new	84
46	Emma	21	new	53
47	Erin	21	new	51
48	Lindsey	21	new	86
49	Gabrielle	20	↓20	54
50	Kelsey	20	↓25	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Joshua	152	–	5
2	Michael	120	–	1
3	Brandon	116	↑2	8
4	Nicholas	105	↑4	6
5	Tyler	99	↓2	7
6	Christopher	97	↑3	4
7	Justin	97	↓1	20
8	Austin	95	↑3	9
9	Matthew	95	↓5	2
10	Jordan	93	↑2	27
11	Jacob	85	↓4	3
12	Ryan	85	↓2	16
13	Christian	84	↑8	24
14	Isaiah	77	↑17	71
15	Daniel	75	↑9	11
16	David	72	↓2	13
17	Micah	71	↑17	>100
18	Andrew	70	↑4	10
19	John	68	↓1	15
20	Zachary	67	–	14
21	James	65	↓5	17
22	Joseph	64	↓9	12
23	Alexander	60	↑5	22
24	Aaron	58	↑1	34
25	Dylan	56	↓2	33
26	Jonathan	55	↑3	21
27	Kyle	54	↓8	25
28	Robert	54	↓1	23
29	Kevin	53	↓14	26
30	Noah	53	↑11	50
31	Elijah	51	↑8	81
32	Cody	50	↓15	31
33	Sean	47	↓3	46
34	William	41	↓8	18
35	Anthony	39	↓3	19
36	Jason	39	↓3	41
37	Benjamin	38	new	29
38	Chase	38	↑6	76
39	Thomas	38	↓4	28
40	Isaac	35	↑7	86
41	Eric	34	↓1	35
42	Travis	34	new	73
43	Adam	33	new	39
44	Charles	33	↑5	43
45	Jonah	32	new	>100
46	Gabriel	30	new	61
47	Logan	30	new	42
48	Cameron	29	new	49
49	Ian	29	↑1	70
50	Jared	29	↓7	64

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