ABA Banking Journal has named Bank of Hawaii the top-performing bank in the nation for 2013 among the largest public banks and thrifts with total assets of $10 billion or more. It was the third time in six years that Bankoh earned the No. 1 spot. Bankoh, the state’s second-largest bank, was ranked second in 2012. Its previous No. 1 finishes were in 2008 and 2011.

ABA Banking Journal reviewed the performance of federally insured domestic depository institutions with total assets of $10 billion or more as of Dec. 31 and ranked them by return on average total equity (ROAE). Bank of Hawaii had assets of $14.1 billion and ROAE of 14.78 percent.

French-owned Banc­West Corp., parent of First Hawaiian Bank and  Bank of the West, took seventh for private and foreign-owned banks and thrifts.