Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1997

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1997 were Taylor for girls (89 babies) and Joshua for boys (161). Taylor ranked #7 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,009 babies born in Hawaii in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1997

Names given at least 15 times in Hawaii that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kamalani: 15 babies, 436× the national rate
Tiare: 17 babies, 239.6× the national rate
Malia: 33 babies, 49.8× the national rate
Leilani: 20 babies, 33.8× the national rate
Kiana: 47 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Tiana: 21 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Alana: 18 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Tatiana: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Tia: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Shayla: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Kainalu: 22 babies, 328.2× the national rate
Kainoa: 19 babies, 251.9× the national rate
Kekoa: 18 babies, 214.8× the national rate
Kawika: 15 babies, 173.2× the national rate
Keoni: 15 babies, 103.3× the national rate
Keanu: 26 babies, 48× the national rate
Micah: 64 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Bryson: 28 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Josiah: 36 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jonah: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Taylor	89	–	7
2	Kayla	73	–	12
3	Jessica	61	↑1	2
4	Rachel	57	↑1	13
5	Alyssa	54	↑7	15
6	Ashley	52	↓3	3
7	Jasmine	52	↑7	24
8	Sarah	52	↓2	4
9	Samantha	49	↓2	6
10	Nicole	48	↑1	21
11	Kiana	47	↓3	>100
12	Megan	40	↓2	11
13	Emily	39	↓4	1
14	Amanda	37	↑4	16
15	Alexis	35	↓2	8
16	Lauren	33	↑4	14
17	Malia	33	–	>100
18	Jordan	32	↑20	40
19	Victoria	32	↑24	19
20	Courtney	31	↑4	28
21	Gabrielle	30	↑28	51
22	Hannah	29	↓6	5
23	Sierra	29	↓2	56
24	Jennifer	28	↓9	18
25	Madison	28	↑2	10
26	Brianna	27	↑3	17
27	Elizabeth	26	↓8	9
28	Kylie	26	↓3	>100
29	Michelle	26	↓3	55
30	Brittany	25	new	20
31	Brooke	23	new	45
32	Sophia	23	new	94
33	Amber	22	↓10	29
34	Anna	22	new	33
35	Emma	22	↑11	36
36	Stephanie	22	–	23
37	Chelsea	21	↓7	73
38	Erin	21	↑9	52
39	Haley	21	new	31
40	Olivia	21	new	27
41	Savannah	21	↓10	47
42	Tatiana	21	new	>100
43	Tiana	21	↓21	>100
44	Caitlin	20	↑1	88
45	Jade	20	new	>100
46	Kaitlyn	20	new	41
47	Kristen	20	↓15	82
48	Leilani	20	new	>100
49	Shannon	20	new	85
50	Katelyn	19	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Joshua	161	–	5
2	Michael	115	–	1
3	Tyler	115	↑2	10
4	Justin	105	↑3	20
5	Jacob	94	↑6	2
6	Jordan	89	↑4	26
7	Brandon	85	↓4	8
8	Noah	85	↑22	38
9	Nicholas	81	↓5	6
10	Matthew	78	↓1	3
11	Christopher	74	↓5	4
12	Austin	72	↓4	9
13	Christian	70	–	25
14	Ryan	70	↓2	16
15	Joseph	68	↑7	12
16	David	67	–	14
17	Isaiah	66	↓3	60
18	Aaron	65	↑6	33
19	Micah	64	↓2	>100
20	Dylan	63	↑5	30
21	Daniel	57	↓6	11
22	Jonathan	57	↑4	21
23	James	54	↓2	17
24	Alexander	53	↓1	22
25	Kevin	53	↑4	28
26	John	52	↓7	15
27	Andrew	50	↓9	7
28	William	50	↑6	19
29	Cody	49	↑3	36
30	Zachary	46	↓10	13
31	Anthony	43	↑4	18
32	Robert	43	↓4	23
33	Samuel	43	new	27
34	Elijah	40	↓3	74
35	Kyle	39	↓8	24
36	Josiah	36	new	>100
37	Isaac	34	↑3	73
38	Evan	30	new	61
39	Sean	30	↓6	48
40	Benjamin	29	↓3	29
41	Devin	29	new	59
42	Jared	29	↑8	56
43	Bryson	28	new	>100
44	Caleb	28	new	47
45	Ian	28	↑4	70
46	Jonah	28	↓1	>100
47	Richard	27	new	51
48	Thomas	27	↓9	31
49	Gabriel	26	↓3	57
50	Keanu	26	new	>100

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