Popular baby names in Hawaii, 2002

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 2002 were Kayla for girls (74 babies) and Joshua for boys (124). Kayla ranked #19 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,355 babies born in Hawaii in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 2002

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

Girls

Malia: 45 babies, 36.4× the national rate
Leilani: 31 babies, 25.9× the national rate
Kailee: 23 babies, 23.7× the national rate
Kiana: 42 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Tiana: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Jade: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Tiffany: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kylie: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kayla: 74 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maya: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Kainalu: 25 babies, 340.2× the national rate
Nainoa: 27 babies, 311.8× the national rate
Makoa: 15 babies, 228.6× the national rate
Kainoa: 28 babies, 159.3× the national rate
Kekoa: 17 babies, 140.8× the national rate
Keanu: 27 babies, 48.5× the national rate
Micah: 55 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Kai: 27 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jonah: 50 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ezekiel: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Kayla	74	↑1	19
2	Taylor	57	↓1	18
3	Emma	49	↑24	4
4	Jasmine	49	↑11	26
5	Madison	49	↓2	2
6	Emily	45	↑2	1
7	Malia	45	↑5	>100
8	Ashley	42	↓1	6
9	Kiana	42	↑8	>100
10	Samantha	42	↑3	9
11	Alyssa	41	↓7	12
12	Mia	37	↑26	43
13	Hannah	36	↑1	3
14	Kylie	36	↑22	61
15	Chloe	35	↓6	25
16	Alexis	34	↓10	5
17	Lauren	34	↑8	13
18	Jade	33	↑14	86
19	Nicole	32	–	37
20	Olivia	32	–	10
21	Leilani	31	↑16	>100
22	Isabella	30	↑22	14
23	Sarah	30	↓18	8
24	Elizabeth	28	↓14	11
25	Sierra	28	↑1	62
26	Abigail	27	↑14	7
27	Amber	27	new	65
28	Jessica	27	↓17	16
29	Kaitlyn	27	↓6	32
30	Rachel	27	↑3	24
31	Sophia	26	↑8	27
32	Sydney	25	↑2	23
33	Kaylee	24	↑17	57
34	Jordan	23	new	45
35	Kailee	23	new	>100
36	Maya	23	↓20	90
37	Megan	23	↓19	22
38	Faith	22	↓10	48
39	Destiny	21	↓18	34
40	Tiffany	21	↑6	>100
41	Victoria	21	↓17	21
42	Amanda	20	new	46
43	Grace	20	↓8	15
44	Brianna	19	new	17
45	Angelina	18	new	74
46	Gabrielle	18	new	66
47	Angel	17	new	>100
48	Katelyn	17	new	53
49	Savannah	17	new	39
50	Brooke	16	↓7	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Joshua	124	–	3
2	Ethan	93	↑10	5
3	Noah	88	↑1	31
4	Isaiah	79	↑3	45
5	Jacob	78	↓3	1
6	Matthew	78	↓3	4
7	Michael	73	↑2	2
8	Tyler	71	↑5	14
9	Elijah	70	↓3	41
10	Christian	61	↑10	24
11	William	59	↑20	11
12	Christopher	58	↑11	8
13	Dylan	55	↓8	23
14	Jordan	55	↑2	37
15	Justin	55	↓1	22
16	Micah	55	↓8	>100
17	Logan	54	↑13	29
18	Joseph	53	↓3	7
19	Brandon	52	↓8	20
20	Daniel	52	↑12	10
21	Nicholas	51	↑1	9
22	Jonah	50	↑5	>100
23	Gabriel	48	↑1	32
24	James	48	↓6	18
25	David	47	↓8	13
26	Ryan	47	↓16	16
27	Zachary	47	↓6	19
28	Jonathan	45	↑8	21
29	Aaron	43	↑8	43
30	Andrew	42	↑5	6
31	Hunter	42	↓3	38
32	Jason	42	↑7	42
33	Josiah	42	↑17	>100
34	Alexander	39	↓9	15
35	Anthony	39	↓2	12
36	Kyle	39	↓7	40
37	Austin	37	↓11	26
38	Caleb	36	↓19	35
39	Isaac	36	↓1	48
40	Jayden	36	↑4	>100
41	Samuel	36	new	25
42	Nathan	35	–	28
43	Cameron	31	new	39
44	John	31	↓4	17
45	Cody	30	↓4	71
46	Ian	30	↓3	67
47	Sean	30	↓13	59
48	Luke	29	new	46
49	Robert	29	↓4	34
50	Dominic	28	new	83

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