Name Legacy

Baby names in Hawaii, 2000s

2000–2009 · 84,255 recorded births

Joshua was the most common name given in Hawaii across the 2000s, with 973 births in the decade. The state recorded 84,255 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Hawaii in the 2000s

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
Kainalu209319×
Kahiau67306×
Laakea68299×
Kamalei48296×
Nainoa173291×
Nanea78271×
Pookela30266×
Kaulana41254×

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Joshua973
#2Noah916
#3Jacob795
#4Ethan784
#5Elijah676
#5Isaiah676
#7Matthew656
#8Dylan645
#9Tyler610
#10Michael603
#11Logan552
#12Jordan551
#13Taylor547
#14Christian523
#15Jayden505
#16Micah504
#17Kayla489
#18Daniel488
#19James483
#20Caleb478
#21William473
#22Joseph469
#23Justin463
#23Ryan463
#25Madison452

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