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Baby names in Hawaii

What parents in Hawaii actually named their children in 2025, and which names the state uses far more than the country does.

Top 20 girls' names in Hawaii, 2025

#NameBirths
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
11 Eliana 27
12 Lily 27
13 Charlotte 25
14 Isabella 25
15 Aurora 24
16 Kailani 24
17 Mia 23
18 Ella 21
19 Emi 18
20 Malia 18

Top 20 boys' names in Hawaii, 2025

#NameBirths
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
11 Atlas 31
12 Lucas 31
13 Kai 30
14 Ezra 28
15 Gabriel 28
16 Oliver 28
17 William 28
18 Daniel 26
19 James 26
20 Mason 26

The most distinctive names in Hawaii

These are the names Hawaii uses most out of proportion to the rest of the country. The location quotient is the state's share of births going to a name divided by the national share, over 2016–2025. A quotient of 3.0 means the name is three times as common here as it is nationally.

NameBirths in HawaiiLocation quotient
Mahina 163 257.1×
Kainalu 76 234.4×
Kaikoa 51 185.9×
Kaimana 141 162.9×
Kailea 92 156.5×
Ryzen 50 145.5×
Anela 109 131.9×
Ikaika 55 119.7×
Halia 100 111.6×
Kainoa 145 88.4×
Kekoa 87 78.3×
Makoa 133 76.7×
Reef 71 60.5×
Kalena 69 60.4×
Nakoa 87 55.9×
Kaito 58 52.6×
Alakai 65 51.8×
Kalea 128 45.4×
Makaio 54 39.7×
Naia 73 37.1×

The number one name in Hawaii, year by year

Twenty years of first-place names.
YearGirlsBirthsBoysBirths
2025 Isla 40 Elijah 49
2024 Olivia 40 Noah 59
2023 Isla 47 Elijah 46
2022 Olivia 44 Noah 64
2021 Olivia 52 Noah 61
2020 Olivia 59 Liam 62
2019 Olivia 48 Noah 77
2018 Emma 65 Liam 81
2017 Emma 73 Liam 79
2016 Olivia 57 Noah 78
2015 Mia 73 Noah 77
2014 Emma 71 Noah 100
2013 Olivia 65 Liam 86
2012 Sophia 94 Ethan 85
2011 Sophia 69 Noah 90
2010 Isabella 70 Noah 88
2009 Isabella 81 Ethan 86
2008 Chloe 65 Ethan 87
2007 Sophia 59 Noah 100
2006 Isabella 58 Noah 96

State files start in 1910 and use the same five-birth reporting floor as the national data, applied per state, year and sex — so small states show fewer distinct names, not fewer names in use.