Popular baby names in Hawaii, 2012

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 2012 were Sophia for girls (94 babies) and Ethan for boys (85). Ethan ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,041 babies born in Hawaii in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 2012

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

Girls

Anela: 16 babies, 112.9× the national rate
Kailani: 15 babies, 31.3× the national rate
Kiana: 16 babies, 22.4× the national rate
Malia: 24 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Kira: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Alana: 27 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Leila: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Leilani: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Aria: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Khloe: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Kainoa: 18 babies, 87.1× the national rate
Keanu: 15 babies, 40.4× the national rate
Kai: 36 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Titus: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ezekiel: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kingston: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Micah: 48 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Zion: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ezra: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Zayden: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	94	–	1
2	Emma	62	↑2	2
3	Isabella	59	↑2	3
4	Ava	55	↑2	5
5	Mia	52	↑2	8
6	Chloe	47	↓3	11
7	Olivia	46	↓5	4
8	Lily	36	–	16
9	Madison	36	↑12	9
10	Abigail	31	↑1	7
11	Aria	31	↑19	92
12	Emily	28	↑3	6
13	Khloe	28	↑4	55
14	Alana	27	↑9	>100
15	Samantha	27	new	26
16	Zoe	27	↓3	30
17	Brooklyn	26	↑18	29
18	Ella	26	↑6	12
19	Maya	25	↓9	63
20	Peyton	25	↑6	53
21	Zoey	25	↑6	20
22	Malia	24	↓10	>100
23	Grace	23	↓7	21
24	Aubrey	22	↑26	15
25	Sofia	22	new	18
26	Victoria	21	new	28
27	Violet	21	new	89
28	Alyssa	20	↑16	44
29	Amelia	20	↑20	23
30	Ariana	20	new	74
31	Bailey	20	new	81
32	Gabriella	20	↓14	37
33	Hannah	20	new	22
34	Arianna	19	new	49
35	Leila	19	↑3	>100
36	Sophie	19	↑7	52
37	Avery	18	↓4	13
38	Brooke	18	↑2	>100
39	Jade	18	new	>100
40	Riley	18	new	47
41	Sarah	18	new	42
42	Serenity	18	↓11	58
43	Taylor	18	↓14	46
44	Faith	17	↑1	75
45	Kylie	17	↓4	59
46	Naomi	17	↓7	79
47	Paige	17	new	>100
48	Scarlett	17	new	61
49	Addison	16	↓17	14
50	Anela	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Ethan	85	↑4	3
2	Noah	78	↓1	4
3	Mason	73	↓1	2
4	Elijah	71	↓1	13
5	Logan	63	↑4	22
6	Jacob	57	–	1
7	Liam	56	↑1	6
8	James	52	↑18	14
9	Aiden	49	↓5	10
10	Daniel	49	↑15	11
11	David	49	↑16	20
12	Jayden	49	↓1	8
13	Gabriel	48	↑4	24
14	Micah	48	↓1	>100
15	Joshua	47	↑6	17
16	Michael	47	↑12	7
17	Caleb	43	↓2	32
18	Samuel	42	↑19	25
19	Evan	41	↑21	47
20	William	41	↓4	5
21	Benjamin	40	↑20	16
22	Hunter	39	↑13	45
23	Alexander	38	↓16	9
24	Eli	37	new	43
25	Isaiah	37	↓15	42
26	Brayden	36	↓12	39
27	Joseph	36	↑3	19
28	Kai	36	↓16	>100
29	Ryder	36	↑5	100
30	Christian	35	↑12	33
31	Christopher	34	↑8	23
32	Dylan	34	↓13	31
33	Landon	32	↓1	35
34	Lucas	32	↑11	27
35	Connor	31	↑14	59
36	Jeremiah	31	–	52
37	John	30	↓17	28
38	Matthew	30	↓5	12
39	Austin	28	new	58
40	Ezekiel	28	↓22	>100
41	Jaxon	28	new	66
42	Luke	28	↓20	37
43	Nathan	28	new	29
44	Ryan	27	↓15	26
45	Andrew	26	↓22	18
46	Jackson	26	↓3	21
47	Tyler	26	↓23	50
48	Gavin	25	new	40
49	Kingston	24	new	>100
50	Levi	24	↓6	55

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