Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1998

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1998 were Taylor for girls (77 babies) and Joshua for boys (135). Taylor ranked #7 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,971 babies born in Hawaii in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1998

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

Girls

Maile: 16 babies, 118.1× the national rate
Malia: 33 babies, 43.5× the national rate
Leilani: 16 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Kiana: 47 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Joy: 15 babies, 12× the national rate
Tiana: 24 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Tyra: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Tiara: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shania: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Shayla: 15 babies, 7× the national rate

Boys

Nainoa: 17 babies, 314.2× the national rate
Kawika: 19 babies, 292.6× the national rate
Alika: 15 babies, 264× the national rate
Kainoa: 22 babies, 198.3× the national rate
Kekoa: 18 babies, 184.8× the national rate
Keoni: 17 babies, 101.4× the national rate
Bronson: 16 babies, 35.6× the national rate
Kai: 19 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Micah: 72 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Bryson: 23 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Taylor	77	–	7
2	Kayla	65	–	12
3	Ashley	64	↑3	5
4	Jessica	62	↓1	8
5	Alyssa	57	–	11
6	Emily	55	↑7	1
7	Sarah	49	↑1	4
8	Rachel	48	↓4	15
9	Kiana	47	↑2	>100
10	Alexis	46	↑5	6
11	Samantha	46	↓2	3
12	Jasmine	44	↓5	26
13	Nicole	44	↓3	24
14	Emma	35	↑21	22
15	Madison	35	↑10	9
16	Hannah	34	↑6	2
17	Lauren	34	↓1	14
18	Elizabeth	33	↑9	10
19	Malia	33	↓2	>100
20	Megan	33	↓8	13
21	Michelle	33	↑8	55
22	Amber	32	↑11	37
23	Sydney	31	new	28
24	Victoria	31	↓5	16
25	Amanda	30	↓11	19
26	Jordan	29	↓8	42
27	Brianna	28	↓1	17
28	Kylie	28	–	>100
29	Chloe	27	new	87
30	Courtney	27	↓10	39
31	Danielle	27	new	41
32	Brooke	26	↓1	46
33	Chelsea	26	↑4	94
34	Destiny	25	new	34
35	Abigail	24	new	18
36	Jennifer	24	↓12	20
37	Kaitlyn	24	↑9	35
38	Sierra	24	↓15	51
39	Tiana	24	↑4	>100
40	Christina	22	new	69
41	Gabrielle	22	↓20	47
42	Naomi	22	new	>100
43	Jade	21	↑2	>100
44	Savannah	21	↓3	45
45	Kimberly	20	new	54
46	Mikayla	20	new	82
47	Tiffany	20	new	67
48	Angel	19	new	>100
49	Haley	19	↓10	36
50	Selena	19	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Joshua	135	–	4
2	Matthew	103	↑8	3
3	Noah	100	↑5	29
4	Austin	83	↑8	10
5	Christian	83	↑8	26
6	Jacob	83	↓1	2
7	Brandon	81	–	7
8	Christopher	79	↑3	5
9	Justin	79	↓5	20
10	Tyler	78	↓7	8
11	Michael	74	↓9	1
12	Nicholas	73	↓3	6
13	Isaiah	72	↑4	59
14	Micah	72	↑5	>100
15	Dylan	67	↑5	25
16	Zachary	66	↑14	16
17	Jordan	62	↓11	27
18	Andrew	61	↑9	9
19	John	61	↑7	15
20	Ryan	60	↓6	17
21	Joseph	58	↓6	11
22	David	57	↓6	13
23	Daniel	56	↓2	12
24	Kyle	56	↑11	24
25	Jonathan	53	↓3	21
26	James	49	↓3	18
27	Alexander	48	↓3	22
28	Samuel	47	↑5	28
29	William	47	↓1	14
30	Aaron	45	↓12	37
31	Ethan	44	new	38
32	Elijah	39	↑2	66
33	Thomas	37	↑15	31
34	Jonah	36	↑12	>100
35	Nathan	36	new	34
36	Anthony	35	↓5	19
37	Logan	35	new	44
38	Sean	35	↑1	50
39	Cody	34	↓10	43
40	Jared	34	↑2	51
41	Hunter	33	new	36
42	Kevin	33	↓17	32
43	Robert	33	↓11	23
44	Chase	32	new	67
45	Jason	32	new	40
46	Isaac	31	↓9	65
47	Caleb	30	↓3	42
48	Josiah	30	↓12	>100
49	Connor	28	new	47
50	Richard	28	↓3	56

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