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Ethan and Chloe top baby names

POSTED: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Eighty-five families in Hawaii named their new sons Ethan last year, making it the most popular boy's name in 2008.

Sixty-five girls were named Chloe, and another 17 with alternative Khloe spelling, making it the favorite for girls' names, according to information compiled from Social Security card applications.

Those children join the ranks of hundreds of toddlers who will answer to the same first names in future kindergarten classes. The popular baby names list is pretty much a rerun year after year, with Old Testament boys' names especially popular in Hawaii. Eight of the 10 local favorites in each category also topped the 2007 list.

The expanded list of 100 most popular names, found on the Social Security Administration Web page, is also a repeating pattern of names as likely to be linked to celebrities or television series characters as they are to traditional family names.

The inexplicable trend continued to create boys names rhyming with Aiden—Jaden, Zayden, Kaden, Braden with variations of spelling. Girls' names ending in “;a”; are popular. Hawaiian first names were few.

Something new to Hawaii last year was a name that Christian rock singer Sonny Sandoval gave his daughter in 2000. Nevaeh, which is heaven spelled backward, has grown in popularity ever since, taking the No. 34 spot on the U.S. list. In Hawaii, 18 girls were dubbed Nevaeh last year, making it 42nd on the island hit parade.

Just plain Heaven spelled forward did not make the top list, although a few children were dubbed Grace, Angel, Destiny or Serenity.

The top baby names for the nation and each state can be found at www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/.

Top names for 2008 United States

Rank	Male name	Female name
1	Jacob	Emma
2	Michael	Isabella
3	Ethan	Emily
4	Joshua	Madison
5	Daniel	Ava
6	Alexander	Olivia
7	Anthony	Sophia
8	William	Abigail
9	Christopher	Elizabeth
10	Matthew	Chloe

Top names for 2008 Hawaii

Rank	Male name	Number of males	Female name	Number of females
1	Ethan	85	Chloe	65
2	Noah	79	Isabella	59
3	Isaiah	77	Madison	48
4	Jayden	75	Mia	47
5	Elijah	71	Sophia	46
6	Joshua	69	Ava	41
7	Jacob	65	Lily	41
8	Aiden	60	Hailey	40
9	Tyler	57	Emma	39
10	James	54	Kayla	37
11	Daniel	52	Maya	37
12	Gabriel	49	Olivia	37
13	Dylan	47	Abigail	35
14	Ezekiel	47	Emily	33
15	Kingston	45	Samantha	32
16	Logan	44	Taylor	32
17	Michael	44	Jasmine	31
18	Caleb	43	Alexis	28
19	Christian	43	Sarah	28
20	Christopher	43	Lauren	27
21	Matthew	43	Alyssa	25
22	William	43	Kylie	25
23	Micah	42	Makayla	25
24	Brayden	41	Zoe	25
25	Alexander	40	Faith	22
26	Jonah	40	Kaila	21
27	Kai	40	Kaylee	21
28	John	37	Leilani	21
29	David	36	Brianna	20
30	Ryan	35	Leila	20
31	Benjamin	34	Trinity	20
32	Andrew	33	Anna	19
33	Hunter	33	Ella	19
34	Jack	33	Maile	19
35	Joseph	33	Malia	19
36	Tristan	33	Peyton	19
37	Zachary	32	Sofia	19
38	Anthony	31	Ariana	18
39	Gavin	31	Hannah	18
40	Mason	31	Jade	18
41	Nathan	31	Naomi	18
42	Aaron	30	Nevaeh	18
43	Aidan	30	Rylee	18
44	Isaac	30	Audrey	17
45	Landon	30	Brooke	17
46	Samuel	30	Kalena	17
47	Jordan	29	Khloe	17
48	Jonathan	28	Kiana	17
49	Josiah	28	Riley	17
50	Ayden	27	Sadie	17
51	Nicholas	27	Serenity	17
52	Luke	26	Aliyah	16
53	Riley	26	Destiny	16
54	Sean	26	Elizabeth	16
55	Chase	25	Hayden	16
56	Cody	25	Jordyn	16
57	Evan	25	Kailee	16
58	Jason	25	Kyla	16
59	Kainoa	25	Marley	16
60	Liam	25	Mikayla	16
61	Keanu	24	Natalie	16
62	Ryder	24	Zoey	16
63	Xavier	24	Aaliyah	15
64	Brandon	23	Addison	15
65	Brennan	23	Allison	15
66	Connor	23	Ashley	15
67	Justin	23	Isabel	15
68	Kainalu	23	Kira	15
69	Robert	23	Sophie	15
70	Thomas	23	Amelia	14
71	Zion	23	Arianna	14
72	Austin	22	Bella	14
73	Nainoa	22	Grace	14
74	Zayden	22	Rachel	14
75	Hayden	21	Victoria	14
76	Jackson	21	Gabriella	13
77	Kyle	21	Jada	13
78	Lucas	21	Julia	13
79	Richard	21	Kaitlyn	13
80	Charles	19	Katelyn	13
81	Julian	19	Kaya	13
82	Rylan	19	Leah	13
83	Jake	18	Megan	13
84	Kaimana	18	Paige	13
85	Nathaniel	18	Alana	12
86	Paul	18	Angel	12
87	Trevor	18	Bailey	12
88	Bryson	17	Cheyenne	12
89	Cole	17	Eva	12
90	Colton	17	Haley	12
91	Devin	17	Jessica	12
92	Oliver	17	Kamalei	12
93	Peyton	17	Katherine	12
94	Jeremiah	16	Kaylie	12
95	Kaden	16	Kyra	12
96	Kaleb	16	Layla	12
97	Kevin	16	Logan	12
98	Levi	16	Madelyn	12
99	Blake	15	Sara	12
100	Braden	15	Sierra	12
101	Cameron	15
102	Chance	15
103	Ian	15
104	Jaden	15
105	Kanoa	15
106	Kayden	15
107	Skyler	15
108	Timothy	15
109	Wyatt	15