Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1936

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1936 were Shirley for girls (92 babies) and Richard for boys (142). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Richard ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,604 babies born in Hawaii in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1936

Names given at least 15 times in Hawaii that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Amy: 20 babies, 22.1× the national rate
May: 18 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Violet: 30 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jane: 77 babies, 6× the national rate
Harriet: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mae: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lillian: 45 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Eleanor: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Florence: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Beatrice: 21 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Wilfred: 18 babies, 16× the national rate
Stanley: 72 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Wallace: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Edwin: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Herbert: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Patrick: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Albert: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ernest: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Shirley	92	–	2
2	Jane	77	–	42
3	Barbara	75	↑2	3
4	Jean	72	↑2	20
5	Helen	61	↑2	11
6	Mary	59	↓3	1
7	Betty	58	↓3	4
8	Eleanor	49	↑14	47
9	Mildred	48	–	40
10	Nancy	47	↑2	8
11	Lillian	45	↑12	79
12	Alice	43	↑3	27
13	Janet	43	↑4	21
14	Margaret	41	↓4	9
15	Irene	40	↑18	57
16	Patricia	39	↓2	5
17	Elizabeth	38	↑1	18
18	Frances	38	↓2	19
19	June	37	↑11	62
20	Dorothy	35	↓12	6
21	Florence	35	↓10	80
22	Elaine	32	↑7	50
23	Lorraine	32	↓3	76
24	Dolores	31	↓3	30
25	Doris	31	↓12	15
26	Violet	30	↑11	>100
27	Edith	29	↑22	87
28	Ruth	29	↓3	16
29	Carol	28	↓5	10
30	Joyce	28	↑17	12
31	Sylvia	28	↑8	53
32	Josephine	27	↑18	77
33	Ellen	25	↑7	99
34	Grace	25	↓8	86
35	Patsy	25	new	52
36	Katherine	23	–	100
37	Ethel	22	↑7	90
38	Gladys	22	↓6	84
39	Loretta	22	↓11	70
40	Rose	22	↓21	37
41	Beatrice	21	new	>100
42	Evelyn	21	↓7	34
43	Joan	21	↓16	7
44	Amy	20	↓13	>100
45	Harriet	20	new	>100
46	Vivian	20	new	>100
47	Geraldine	19	new	41
48	Elsie	18	↓14	>100
49	Judith	18	new	43
50	May	18	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Richard	142	–	5
2	Robert	132	↑1	1
3	George	128	↓1	9
4	James	122	–	2
5	William	90	–	4
6	John	86	–	3
7	Donald	72	↑1	7
8	Stanley	72	↑1	58
9	Kenneth	69	↑3	14
10	Joseph	68	↑3	11
11	Edward	66	↓4	13
12	Thomas	66	↓2	8
13	Charles	60	↑2	6
14	David	58	↓3	10
15	Albert	56	↑2	34
16	Ronald	55	↑9	12
17	Harold	49	↑4	21
18	Henry	43	↓4	28
19	Walter	43	↓1	26
20	Herbert	42	↑2	62
21	Roy	42	↑2	42
22	Paul	39	↓3	15
23	Raymond	39	↓7	17
24	Ernest	36	↑12	55
25	Lawrence	36	↓1	37
26	Francis	33	↑1	50
27	Harry	33	↓7	39
28	Edwin	32	↑7	84
29	Clarence	30	↓3	52
30	Alfred	29	new	60
31	Daniel	29	↑2	41
32	Gilbert	27	↓3	>100
33	Howard	26	↑10	40
34	Benjamin	24	↓4	>100
35	Patrick	23	new	100
36	Frederick	22	new	70
37	Melvin	22	↓5	53
38	Norman	22	↓4	43
39	Clifford	20	new	90
40	Eugene	20	↑2	29
41	Ralph	19	↑9	31
42	Frank	18	↓11	16
43	Gerald	18	new	19
44	Michael	18	new	33
45	Wallace	18	↓5	>100
46	Wilfred	18	↓5	>100
47	Peter	17	↓8	56
48	Samuel	17	↓10	67
49	Alexander	14	new	>100
50	Allen	14	new	81

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