Name Legacy

Baby names in Hawaii, 1990s

1990–1999 · 105,330 recorded births

Joshua was the most common name given in Hawaii across the 1990s, with 1,642 births in the decade. The state recorded 105,330 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Hawaii in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Kainalu112260×
Nainoa100258×
Kaimana122252×
Kaulana58247×
Ikaika143226×
Kamalani69221×
Kamuela47213×
Anuhea36210×

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Joshua1,642
#2Michael1,391
#3Jordan1,167
#4Matthew1,150
#5Christopher1,142
#5Justin1,142
#7Tyler1,070
#8Brandon1,064
#9Ashley1,049
#10Taylor1,013
#11Ryan989
#12Nicholas946
#13Jessica924
#14Jacob883
#15Daniel842
#16David829
#17James796
#18Andrew787
#19Joseph776
#20Nicole758
#21Christian751
#22John725
#23Kayla718
#24Kyle717
#25Jonathan695

Other decades in Hawaii

All Hawaii names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org