Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1939

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1939 were Barbara for girls (94 babies) and Robert for boys (162). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,744 babies born in Hawaii in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1939

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: 34 babies, 31.4× the national rate
Violet: 24 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Harriet: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Priscilla: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lorraine: 41 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jane: 72 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mae: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lillian: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Florence: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Wilfred: 22 babies, 19× the national rate
Benjamin: 38 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Rudolph: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Stanley: 83 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Alexander: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roy: 101 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Herbert: 50 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Edwin: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gilbert: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Manuel: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Barbara	94	–	2
2	Mary	91	↑3	1
3	Patricia	81	↓1	3
4	Jane	72	–	46
5	Jean	72	↓2	32
6	Carol	64	↑4	6
7	Shirley	55	↑2	5
8	Joyce	53	↑35	12
9	Elizabeth	51	↑9	18
10	Janet	51	↓2	17
11	Nancy	45	↓4	7
12	Elaine	44	↑1	45
13	Betty	43	↓7	4
14	Margaret	43	↑6	10
15	Lorraine	41	↑8	95
16	Mildred	39	↓5	55
17	Frances	38	–	26
18	Evelyn	37	↑3	40
19	Judith	37	↑8	8
20	Lillian	37	↑9	99
21	Ellen	36	↑4	80
22	Florence	36	↑4	96
23	Helen	35	↓8	16
24	Amy	34	–	>100
25	Yvonne	34	↑14	90
26	Alice	32	↓14	31
27	Geraldine	32	↑3	41
28	Harriet	30	↑21	>100
29	June	29	↑8	83
30	Rose	29	↑20	42
31	Charlotte	28	↑9	66
32	Priscilla	28	new	>100
33	Grace	27	↓19	>100
34	Irene	27	↓1	74
35	Eleanor	26	↓13	63
36	Thelma	25	new	88
37	Violet	24	↑9	>100
38	Virginia	24	new	21
39	Beatrice	23	↑2	>100
40	Marilyn	23	new	19
41	Doris	22	↓25	29
42	Dorothy	22	↓23	9
43	Ruth	22	↓9	22
44	Sylvia	22	↓12	62
45	Loretta	21	↓14	65
46	Janice	20	new	24
47	Beverly	19	new	25
48	Gladys	19	↓10	>100
49	Josephine	19	↓13	84
50	Judy	19	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	162	–	1
2	James	157	–	2
3	Richard	150	↑1	5
4	John	116	↑1	3
5	George	103	↓2	11
6	Roy	101	↑5	42
7	William	97	–	4
8	Kenneth	92	↓2	13
9	Stanley	83	–	57
10	Edward	79	↓2	15
11	Thomas	77	↓1	9
12	David	73	↑3	7
13	Ronald	71	↓1	10
14	Charles	68	↑2	6
15	Joseph	63	↓1	12
16	Henry	60	↑7	31
17	Raymond	60	↑1	22
18	Donald	56	↓5	8
19	Paul	56	↑1	17
20	Walter	52	↑1	25
21	Herbert	50	↑8	68
22	Albert	49	↑6	41
23	Lawrence	47	↓4	36
24	Harold	40	↓7	23
25	Benjamin	38	–	>100
26	Norman	37	↑13	44
27	Ernest	35	↑8	55
28	Frank	35	↑13	20
29	Edwin	33	↓7	96
30	Harry	32	↓6	45
31	Melvin	32	↑1	51
32	Clarence	31	↑5	60
33	Daniel	31	↓6	38
34	Alfred	30	↑11	70
35	Samuel	30	↑15	63
36	Theodore	29	new	90
37	Patrick	27	↑12	79
38	Howard	26	–	47
39	Ralph	26	new	35
40	Francis	25	↓14	53
41	Jerry	25	new	16
42	Michael	25	↓12	18
43	Alvin	24	↓9	>100
44	Anthony	23	↓8	48
45	Arthur	23	new	32
46	Gerald	22	↓2	19
47	Gilbert	22	↓5	>100
48	Larry	22	new	14
49	Wilfred	22	↓16	>100
50	Eugene	21	↓10	37

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