Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1942

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1942 were Patricia for girls (117 babies) and Robert for boys (182). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,907 babies born in Hawaii in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1942

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

Girls

Aileen: 17 babies, 45.4× the national rate
Amy: 44 babies, 33.7× the national rate
Faith: 18 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Pearl: 31 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Violet: 21 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Yvonne: 45 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Victoria: 28 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Naomi: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Cecilia: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Audrey: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Wilfred: 15 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Wallace: 32 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Alexander: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Rodney: 39 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Gilbert: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Benjamin: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Stanley: 79 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Melvin: 68 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alvin: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Franklin: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Patricia	117	–	3
2	Barbara	103	–	2
3	Carol	77	↑1	5
4	Mary	69	↑5	1
5	Jean	67	↓2	36
6	Linda	63	↓1	4
7	Karen	59	↑9	16
8	Jane	56	↓2	46
9	Sandra	54	↑8	6
10	Betty	53	↑2	9
11	Joyce	52	↑2	13
12	Carolyn	51	↑13	10
13	Judith	51	↓6	7
14	Shirley	47	↑4	12
15	Frances	46	↓4	30
16	Yvonne	45	↑18	>100
17	Amy	44	↑3	>100
18	Janet	44	↓10	19
19	Lorraine	41	↑5	91
20	Susan	40	↑30	21
21	Elaine	39	↓11	45
22	Evelyn	37	↑10	53
23	Elizabeth	35	↓9	22
24	Geraldine	35	↓3	47
25	Audrey	34	new	>100
26	Charlotte	34	↑9	51
27	June	32	↓5	>100
28	Margaret	32	↑2	14
29	Diana	31	new	68
30	Pearl	31	new	>100
31	Virginia	31	new	23
32	Jeanette	30	new	>100
33	Irene	29	↓7	80
34	Nancy	28	↓15	8
35	Victoria	28	new	>100
36	Judy	27	↓8	15
37	Gloria	26	↑1	31
38	Helen	26	↓23	26
39	Janice	26	↑5	25
40	Priscilla	26	↑1	>100
41	Rose	26	new	50
42	Diane	25	new	28
43	Eleanor	25	↓1	87
44	Ellen	25	↓8	64
45	Phyllis	25	new	37
46	Ruth	25	↓7	33
47	Dorothy	24	↓24	17
48	Gail	24	–	60
49	Marjorie	24	new	74
50	Sharon	24	new	11

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	182	–	2
2	Richard	151	–	5
3	James	148	–	1
4	Ronald	121	↑3	9
5	William	121	–	4
6	George	112	–	14
7	John	107	↓3	3
8	Kenneth	96	–	15
9	David	88	↑2	6
10	Thomas	87	↑2	8
11	Douglas	84	↑33	23
12	Roy	84	↓3	42
13	Joseph	81	–	11
14	Stanley	79	↓4	56
15	Michael	76	↑3	13
16	Melvin	68	↑1	60
17	Charles	63	↓3	7
18	Paul	60	↑1	19
19	Edward	59	↓4	17
20	Raymond	59	↓4	24
21	Albert	50	↑9	40
22	Henry	49	–	31
23	Daniel	48	↑11	28
24	Francis	48	↑18	58
25	Gary	48	↑8	18
26	Walter	46	–	26
27	Dennis	45	↑4	20
28	Donald	44	–	10
29	Arthur	43	↑18	29
30	Wayne	43	↓3	41
31	Howard	42	↑8	49
32	Lawrence	42	↓8	30
33	Harold	39	↓10	27
34	Rodney	39	↑12	>100
35	Norman	36	↓14	53
36	Patrick	36	–	64
37	Ernest	35	↑4	61
38	Alvin	34	↓1	>100
39	Glenn	34	new	88
40	Gilbert	33	new	>100
41	Franklin	32	new	>100
42	Herbert	32	↓22	83
43	Wallace	32	new	>100
44	Alfred	30	new	76
45	Benjamin	30	↓10	>100
46	Earl	30	new	62
47	Jerry	30	↓18	16
48	Harry	29	new	48
49	Peter	28	new	39
50	Anthony	26	new	44

← Hawaii 1941 Hawaii: all years · US 1942 Hawaii 1943 →