Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1999

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1999 were Taylor for girls (75 babies) and Joshua for boys (127). Taylor ranked #8 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,503 babies born in Hawaii in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1999

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

Girls

Mahealani: 16 babies, 478.8× the national rate
Tiare: 18 babies, 254.3× the national rate
Maile: 16 babies, 125.2× the national rate
Malia: 31 babies, 37.3× the national rate
Leilani: 17 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Kailee: 17 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Tiana: 27 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Kiana: 36 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Shania: 24 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Alana: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Boys

Kainalu: 15 babies, 382.8× the national rate
Nainoa: 17 babies, 325.4× the national rate
Kaimana: 17 babies, 295.8× the national rate
Kekoa: 18 babies, 186.2× the national rate
Kainoa: 21 babies, 160.8× the national rate
Keoni: 17 babies, 67.1× the national rate
Keanu: 25 babies, 53.2× the national rate
Micah: 47 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Bryson: 26 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jayden: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Taylor	75	–	8
2	Kayla	67	–	13
3	Jasmine	56	↑9	26
4	Ashley	52	↓1	6
5	Alyssa	50	–	11
6	Sarah	50	↑1	4
7	Emily	48	↓1	1
8	Jessica	42	↓4	9
9	Lauren	41	↑8	12
10	Madison	40	↑5	7
11	Nicole	40	↑2	25
12	Alexis	38	↓2	3
13	Hannah	36	↑3	2
14	Kiana	36	↓5	>100
15	Megan	36	↑5	15
16	Elizabeth	35	↑2	10
17	Rachel	35	↓9	19
18	Samantha	32	↓7	5
19	Malia	31	–	>100
20	Grace	30	new	27
21	Destiny	28	↑13	28
22	Emma	28	↓8	17
23	Tiana	27	↑16	>100
24	Victoria	27	–	16
25	Jennifer	25	↑11	21
26	Kaitlyn	25	↑11	33
27	Alexandra	24	new	32
28	Amanda	24	↓3	22
29	Kiara	24	new	78
30	Kylie	24	↓2	>100
31	Shania	24	new	>100
32	Sophia	23	new	53
33	Maya	22	new	>100
34	Amber	21	↓12	41
35	Chloe	21	↓6	63
36	Courtney	20	↓6	44
37	Danielle	20	↓6	43
38	Isabella	20	new	60
39	Julia	20	new	30
40	Sierra	20	↓2	49
41	Brooke	19	↓9	47
42	Caitlin	19	new	93
43	Erin	19	new	58
44	Sydney	19	↓21	23
45	Tiffany	19	↑2	80
46	Alana	18	new	>100
47	Faith	18	new	76
48	Gabrielle	18	↓7	46
49	Jade	18	↓6	>100
50	Kaylee	18	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Joshua	127	–	4
2	Noah	108	↑1	24
3	Justin	92	↑6	20
4	Dylan	85	↑11	23
5	Tyler	85	↑5	10
6	Matthew	84	↓4	3
7	Isaiah	78	↑6	51
8	Christopher	77	–	6
9	Michael	77	↑2	2
10	Jacob	73	↓4	1
11	Christian	71	↓6	25
12	Andrew	69	↑6	7
13	Brandon	67	↓6	11
14	Daniel	65	↑9	9
15	Nicholas	65	↓3	5
16	David	63	↑6	16
17	Kyle	62	↑7	28
18	Ryan	62	↑2	12
19	Austin	59	↓15	13
20	Elijah	58	↑12	60
21	Joseph	58	–	8
22	Jordan	57	↓5	30
23	John	54	↓4	15
24	Zachary	54	↓8	17
25	Alexander	51	↑2	21
26	Aaron	49	↑4	38
27	Micah	47	↓13	>100
28	Caleb	46	↑19	41
29	James	46	↓3	19
30	William	43	↓1	14
31	Hunter	41	↑10	36
32	Chase	39	↑12	76
33	Cody	39	↑6	45
34	Jonathan	39	↓9	22
35	Nathan	39	–	32
36	Ethan	38	↓5	37
37	Samuel	37	↓9	27
38	Jason	36	↑7	40
39	Sean	36	↓1	56
40	Kevin	35	↑2	34
41	Anthony	33	↓5	18
42	Luke	32	new	67
43	Gabriel	30	new	53
44	Jonah	30	↓10	>100
45	Thomas	30	↓12	31
46	Ian	28	new	72
47	Logan	28	↓10	42
48	Bryson	26	new	>100
49	Eric	26	new	39
50	Robert	26	↓7	26

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