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Most Popular Baby Names in Hawaii

A 113-year retrospective of how Hawaii parents named their children, drawn from 765,338 US Social Security Administration state-level records (1910–2025). Top 20 all-time, latest-year top 10, signature names most distinctly associated with the state, and the complete year-by-year #1 history.

765,338

US births tracked

1,658

Distinct names

116

Years covered

Author: Marvin Tang · Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology · Updated: September 20, 2026

Across 116 years of records, Michael leads Hawaii's all-time boys' list with 13,979 in-state births; Mary leads the girls' with 5,753. The single longest #1 streak in the state's recorded history belongs to Michael (boys), which held #1 for 35 years from 1948 to 1988 — a dominance that's increasingly rare in today's fragmenting name pool. The state's most distinctive signature is Malia — 6.9% of all national births of that name occurred in Hawaii.

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Top 20 All-Time in Hawaii

Aggregate Hawaii births across all years 1910–2025. Source: SSA state-level records.

Across the full 113-year record, Michael has more aggregate Hawaii births than any other boys' name — 13% ahead of #2 John. On the girls' side, Mary leads with a 14% margin over Jennifer. These all-time totals are weighted heavily toward names that were dominant during the high-volume mid-20th-century baby boom — when Hawaii's state-level birth records were at their thickest — so the list reflects an era when single names captured a much larger share of newborns than they do today.

Boys (top 20)

#1	Michael	13,979
#2	John	12,383
#3	Robert	12,318
#4	James	12,146
#5	David	11,155
#6	William	9,997
#7	Richard	8,787
#8	Joseph	7,917
#9	Christopher	6,725
#10	Daniel	6,571
#11	George	6,379
#12	Thomas	6,181
#13	Charles	5,598
#14	Joshua	5,284
#15	Matthew	5,069
#16	Jason	4,838
#17	Paul	4,819
#18	Edward	4,778
#19	Ryan	4,626
#20	Mark	4,597

Girls (top 20)

#1	Mary	5,753
#2	Jennifer	5,035
#3	Elizabeth	4,570
#4	Patricia	3,788
#5	Michelle	3,532
#6	Karen	3,290
#7	Lisa	3,254
#8	Susan	3,219
#9	Jessica	3,144
#10	Linda	2,950
#11	Barbara	2,925
#12	Nicole	2,836
#13	Sandra	2,726
#14	Margaret	2,680
#15	Ashley	2,672
#16	Kimberly	2,629
#17	Helen	2,465
#18	Sarah	2,457
#19	Sharon	2,407
#20	Carol	2,326

Latest Year — Hawaii Top 10 in 2025

Most popular names in Hawaii for the most recent year of SSA records.

In 2025, Hawaii's top 5 girls' picks (Isla, Emma, Luna, Sophia, Olivia) overlapped with the national top 5 on 3 of 5 names; the boys' top 5 (Elijah, Noah, Liam, Luca, Luke) overlapped on 2 of 5. Isla, Luna appeared in Hawaii's top 5 girls' list but not in the national top 5 — the state's most visible departure from the national consensus this year. On the boys' side, Elijah, Luca, Luke held a top-5 spot in the state but not nationally.

2025 Boys

#1	Elijah	49
#2	Noah	46
#3	Liam	42
#4	Luca	42
#5	Luke	41
#6	Ezekiel	40
#7	Levi	40
#8	Theodore	38
#9	Henry	34
#10	John	33

2025 Girls

#1	Isla	40
#2	Emma	37
#3	Luna	36
#4	Sophia	36
#5	Olivia	34
#6	Amelia	31
#7	Ava	29
#8	Chloe	29
#9	Kaia	29
#10	Aria	28

How Concentrated Is Naming in Hawaii?

Top-10 names as a share of state births in 2025, compared to the US national average. A higher percentage means parents in the state pile onto fewer mainstream names; a lower percentage means more diverse, fragmented choices.

Hawaii top-10 share, 2025

Girls' top 1015.34%

Boys' top 1013.88%

National top-10 share, 2025

Girls' top 1011.11%

Boys' top 1011.17%

Parents in Hawaii concentrate more on top-10 names than the national average: girls' top-10 share is 15.34% (vs 11.11% nationally), boys' is 13.88% (vs 11.17%). Higher concentration usually means a more cohesive cultural-naming tradition — fewer one-off choices, more "the same names everyone else here picked." For full historical context, see the state distinctiveness atlas.

Signature Names — Most Distinctly Hawaii

Names whose Hawaii share is unusually high relative to the national total. A high "state share" means a disproportionate fraction of all US babies given that name were born in Hawaii.

These signature names tell the cultural story of Hawaii's naming geography more sharply than any top-20 list. The list below is ordered by the state-share ratio: how big a slice of all US births of that name happened in Hawaii. The strongest signature is Malia (girls) — 6.9% of all US births of that name occurred in Hawaii, on 1,792 in-state births. Other state-defining picks include Lance and Leilani. Many of these are surnames, nicknames, or cultural-tradition names that survived as concentrated regional markers even as the broader American naming pool fragmented.

Name	Gender	Hawaii births	National births	State share
Malia	Girls	1,792	25,873	6.9%
Lance	Boys	1,219	24,469	5.0%
Leilani	Girls	1,704	48,352	3.5%
Micah	Boys	1,813	86,355	2.1%
Dean	Boys	1,273	99,362	1.3%
Glenn	Boys	2,201	209,231	1.1%
Shane	Boys	1,672	162,558	1.0%
Edwin	Boys	1,383	137,315	1.0%
Stanley	Boys	2,272	245,905	0.9%
Lynn	Girls	1,189	132,696	0.9%
Rodney	Boys	1,620	184,576	0.9%
Violet	Girls	1,254	142,559	0.9%

Hawaii Then vs Now — 1950 vs 2025

Side-by-side top 5 from a 70+ year window. Names that disappear entirely between 1950 and 2025 are typical of how dramatically American naming taste has reset across three generations.

On the girls' side, 1950's Hawaii top 5 was Linda, Susan, Sharon, Karen, Patricia; in 2025 it became Isla, Emma, Luna, Sophia, Olivia. None of the 1950 top 5 girls' names remained in the 2025 top 5 — total turnover. Boys went from Michael, Robert, John, James, William to Elijah, Noah, Liam, Luca, Luke — no overlap at all.

Girls top 5

1950

2025

Isla#1
Emma#2
Luna#3
Sophia#4
Olivia#5

Boys top 5

1950

2025

Elijah#1
Noah#2
Liam#3
Luca#4
Luke#5

Longest #1 Streaks in Hawaii

Names that held the state-level #1 spot for the most consecutive (or non-consecutive) years over the full 113-year record. The early-1900s entries reflect an era when single names dominated for decades; modern entries reflect today's much shorter top-1 reigns.

Michael (boys) held Hawaii's #1 spot for 35 years between 1948 and 1988 — by far the longest dominance in the state's recorded history. Second-longest is Mary (girls) at 21 years. For comparison, today's #1 names typically hold the spot for 1–4 years before being displaced — a structural shift driven by the fragmenting modern name pool.

Name	Sex	Years at #1	First year	Last year
Michael	Boys	35	1948	1988
Mary	Girls	21	1910	1933
Joshua	Boys	17	1989	2005
George	Boys	14	1913	1933
Jennifer	Girls	14	1971	1984
Robert	Boys	11	1937	1947
John	Boys	10	1910	1924
Ashley	Girls	10	1985	1994

Year-by-Year #1 in Hawaii

Who held #1 each year. Names listed alphabetically by year with US birth counts in Hawaii.

The full year-by-year scroll below shows every Hawaii #1 boy and girl from 2025 back to 1910. Click any year to drill into that year's full top-20 with year-over-year movement, signature names, and decade context. Patterns to watch: the long mid-century plateaus when the same name held #1 for decades; the 1970s–1990s transition when American naming fragmented and #1 reigns shortened to single-digit years; and the 2010s–present era when even #1 names rarely hold the top spot for more than a few years.

Year	#1 boy	Births	#1 girl	Births
2025 →	Elijah	49	Isla	40
2023 →	Elijah	46	—	—
2022 →	Noah	64	Olivia	43
2021 →	Noah	61	Olivia	52
2020 →	Liam	61	Olivia	59
2019 →	Noah	77	Olivia	48
2018 →	Liam	81	Emma	65
2017 →	Liam	79	Emma	73
2016 →	Noah	78	Olivia	57
2015 →	Noah	77	Mia	73
2014 →	Noah	100	Emma	71
2013 →	Liam	86	Olivia	65
2012 →	Ethan	85	Sophia	94
2011 →	Noah	90	Sophia	69
2010 →	Noah	88	Isabella	70
2009 →	Ethan	86	Isabella	81
2008 →	Ethan	87	Chloe	65
2007 →	Noah	100	Sophia	59
2006 →	Noah	96	Isabella	58
2005 →	Joshua	95	Emma	53
2004 →	Joshua	113	Emma	61
2003 →	Joshua	104	Emma	59
2002 →	Joshua	124	Kayla	74
2001 →	Joshua	108	Taylor	65
2000 →	Joshua	131	Kayla	63
1999 →	Joshua	127	Taylor	75
1998 →	Joshua	135	Taylor	77
1997 →	Joshua	161	Taylor	89
1996 →	Joshua	152	Taylor	109
1995 →	Joshua	145	Jessica	103
1994 →	Joshua	155	Ashley	109
1993 →	Joshua	179	Ashley	114
1992 →	Joshua	182	Ashley	150
1991 →	Joshua	194	Ashley	157
1990 →	Joshua	212	Ashley	186
1989 →	Joshua	221	Ashley	155
1988 →	Michael	199	Ashley	168
1987 →	Christopher	232	Ashley	213
1986 →	Michael	247	Ashley	209
1985 →	Christopher	239	Ashley	165
1984 →	Christopher	242	Jennifer	200
1983 →	Christopher	267	Jennifer	219
1982 →	Christopher	265	Jennifer	215
1981 →	Michael	212	Jennifer	243
1980 →	Michael	227	Jennifer	219
1979 →	Michael	234	Jennifer	209
1978 →	Jason	203	Jennifer	206
1977 →	Michael	206	Jennifer	210
1976 →	Michael	230	Jennifer	232
1975 →	Michael	233	Jennifer	215
1974 →	Michael	232	Jennifer	203
1973 →	Michael	217	Jennifer	233
1972 →	Michael	234	Jennifer	180
1971 →	Michael	236	Jennifer	166
1970 →	Michael	267	Michelle	157
1969 →	Michael	252	Michelle	173
1968 →	Michael	252	Michelle	153
1967 →	Michael	254	Lisa	160
1966 →	Michael	234	Lisa	180
1965 →	Michael	242	Lisa	183
1964 →	Michael	306	Lisa	180
1963 →	Michael	268	Lisa	198
1962 →	Michael	288	Lisa	169
1961 →	Michael	283	Lisa	183
1960 →	Michael	245	Susan	150
1959 →	Michael	259	Susan	134
1958 →	Michael	310	Susan	127
1957 →	Michael	326	Karen	145
1956 →	Michael	306	Susan	127
1955 →	Michael	308	Susan	152
1954 →	Michael	289	Debra	151
1953 →	Michael	286	Debra	158
1952 →	Michael	236	Linda	151
1951 →	Michael	241	Linda	164
1950 →	Michael	219	Linda	179
1949 →	Michael	251	Linda	176
1948 →	Michael	225	Linda	204
1947 →	Robert	215	Linda	167
1946 →	Robert	197	Patricia	143
1945 →	Robert	196	Carol	126
1944 →	Robert	200	Patricia	185
1943 →	Robert	207	Patricia	144
1942 →	Robert	182	Patricia	117
1941 →	Robert	189	Patricia	138
1940 →	Robert	169	Barbara	90
1939 →	Robert	162	Barbara	94
1938 →	Robert	201	Barbara	83
1937 →	Robert	166	Barbara	88
1936 →	Richard	142	Shirley	92
1935 →	Richard	146	Shirley	147
1934 →	Richard	146	Helen	80
1933 →	George	151	Mary	92
1932 →	George	199	Mary	101
1931 →	George	167	Mary	114
1930 →	George	190	Mary	122
1929 →	George	193	Helen	109
1928 →	George	232	Helen	114
1927 →	George	173	Helen	102
1926 →	George	127	Mary	113
1925 →	George	126	Mary	100
1924 →	John	116	Mary	119
1923 →	George	110	Mary	103
1922 →	John	89	Mary	101
1921 →	George	99	Mary	121
1920 →	John	88	Mary	102
1919 →	John	87	Mary	100
1918 →	John	102	Mary	103
1917 →	John	98	Mary	88
1916 →	John	112	Mary	86
1915 →	George	86	Mary	92
1914 →	George	66	Mary	79
1913 →	George	57	Mary	60
1912 →	John	44	Mary	62
1911 →	John	27	Mary	56
1910 →	John	22	Mary	47

Related Resources

All states 1910–2025 — index of all 51 state pages
The State of Baby Naming 2026 — flagship 145-year retrospective
Baby Names by Decade — 15 standalone decade pages
Origins of American Baby Naming — 145-year tradition atlas
Methodology · Press kit

Methodology

All figures derived from the US Social Security Administration's state-level baby-names dataset (1910–2025), public domain (CC0). State-level data starts in 1910 (rather than 1880 like the national data) because pre-1910 SSN records lack state granularity. SSA suppresses any name-state-year-gender combination with fewer than 5 occurrences for privacy. The "all-time" rankings on this page are computed across all years available; signature-name share percentages compare state-level totals to the national totals from our companion table. See the full methodology page for complete details.

Citation: Tang, M. (2026). Most Popular Baby Names in Hawaii. 9BabyNames. https://9babynames.com/reports/state/hawaii