Popular baby names in Hawaii, 2000

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 2000 were Kayla for girls (63 babies) and Joshua for boys (131). Kayla ranked #13 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,789 babies born in Hawaii in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 2000

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

Girls

Tehani: 19 babies, 416.7× the national rate
Malia: 29 babies, 27× the national rate
Kiana: 52 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Leilani: 17 babies, 17× the national rate
Kailee: 15 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Kaila: 16 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Shayla: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kylie: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maya: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Hope: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Kaimana: 18 babies, 324.4× the national rate
Kainalu: 16 babies, 318.7× the national rate
Makana: 15 babies, 298.8× the national rate
Nainoa: 22 babies, 297.4× the national rate
Kekoa: 21 babies, 184.8× the national rate
Kainoa: 26 babies, 158.7× the national rate
Keoni: 21 babies, 96.9× the national rate
Keanu: 25 babies, 43.8× the national rate
Kai: 25 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Micah: 61 babies, 11.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Kayla	63	↑1	13
2	Taylor	63	↓1	10
3	Alyssa	61	↑2	12
4	Ashley	59	–	4
5	Kiana	52	↑9	>100
6	Nicole	46	↑5	31
7	Alexis	45	↑5	6
8	Emily	43	↓1	1
9	Jasmine	40	↓6	27
10	Jessica	40	↓2	8
11	Rachel	39	↑6	21
12	Chloe	38	↑23	38
13	Madison	38	↓3	3
14	Sarah	38	↓8	5
15	Elizabeth	36	↑1	9
16	Hannah	36	↓3	2
17	Lauren	34	↓8	11
18	Megan	33	↓3	18
19	Kylie	29	↑11	>100
20	Malia	29	↓1	>100
21	Anna	27	new	22
22	Kaylee	27	↑28	72
23	Hailey	26	new	35
24	Julia	26	↑15	29
25	Kaitlyn	26	↑1	30
26	Samantha	26	↓8	7
27	Victoria	26	↓3	20
28	Destiny	25	↓7	24
29	Sierra	25	↑11	53
30	Erin	24	↑13	61
31	Grace	24	↓11	19
32	Maya	24	↑1	>100
33	Abigail	23	new	14
34	Brianna	23	new	15
35	Emma	23	↓13	17
36	Trinity	23	new	74
37	Amber	22	↓3	47
38	Mia	22	new	93
39	Olivia	22	new	16
40	Caitlin	21	↑2	76
41	Danielle	21	↓4	48
42	Michelle	21	new	52
43	Amanda	20	↓15	32
44	Katherine	20	new	33
45	Sydney	20	↓1	23
46	Brooke	19	↓5	51
47	Sophia	19	↓15	42
48	Tehani	19	new	>100
49	Caitlyn	18	new	>100
50	Faith	18	↓3	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Joshua	131	–	4
2	Noah	115	–	27
3	Jacob	102	↑7	1
4	Justin	93	↓1	19
5	Matthew	87	↑1	3
6	Michael	84	↑3	2
7	Dylan	78	↓3	24
8	Christian	76	↑3	22
9	Brandon	73	↑4	12
10	Isaiah	70	↓3	47
11	Daniel	64	↑3	9
12	Nicholas	64	↑3	6
13	Micah	61	↑14	>100
14	Ryan	61	↑4	13
15	Andrew	60	↓3	7
16	Christopher	60	↓8	5
17	Tyler	60	↓12	10
18	Ethan	57	↑18	25
19	Elijah	54	↑1	52
20	Joseph	53	↑1	8
21	Austin	51	↓2	23
22	Cody	51	↑11	60
23	James	50	↑6	18
24	Jordan	48	↓2	36
25	Zachary	48	↓1	15
26	Samuel	46	↑11	28
27	William	45	↑3	11
28	Aaron	42	↓2	41
29	Alexander	42	↓4	20
30	David	42	↓14	16
31	Isaac	42	new	53
32	Seth	42	new	63
33	Anthony	41	↑8	17
34	John	41	↓11	14
35	Jonathan	41	↓1	21
36	Robert	41	↑14	29
37	Hunter	39	↓6	35
38	Kevin	39	↑2	32
39	Gabriel	38	↑4	44
40	Caleb	37	↓12	38
41	Sean	36	↓2	57
42	Kyle	35	↓25	37
43	Logan	35	↑4	40
44	Jason	34	↓6	39
45	Josiah	34	new	>100
46	Cameron	32	new	31
47	Connor	32	new	50
48	Nathan	32	↓13	30
49	Ian	30	↓3	73
50	Jonah	29	↓6	>100

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