Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1944

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1944 were Patricia for girls (185 babies) and Robert for boys (200). Patricia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,843 babies born in Hawaii in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1944

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: 34 babies, 57.6× the national rate
Amy: 36 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Fay: 16 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Laverne: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Naomi: 24 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 40 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Pearl: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Yvonne: 39 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Miriam: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lorraine: 61 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Wilfred: 17 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Rodney: 51 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Alvin: 54 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Calvin: 47 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Alexander: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Melvin: 97 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Wallace: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Edwin: 49 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Benjamin: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Glenn: 51 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Patricia	185	–	4
2	Carol	128	–	5
3	Barbara	119	–	2
4	Linda	103	–	3
5	Sandra	93	–	6
6	Karen	90	↑1	16
7	Mary	82	↓1	1
8	Sharon	76	↑5	8
9	Shirley	67	–	15
10	Judith	61	↑1	9
11	Lorraine	61	↑6	93
12	Jean	58	↓2	37
13	Geraldine	57	↑1	53
14	Elizabeth	54	↑11	23
15	Kathleen	54	↑7	20
16	Betty	50	↑11	10
17	Diane	50	↑11	24
18	Susan	49	↑8	13
19	Joyce	48	↓7	18
20	Elaine	46	↓2	46
21	Jane	45	↓5	41
22	Gloria	43	↓2	25
23	Janice	42	↑8	28
24	Beverly	41	new	35
25	Carolyn	41	↓17	11
26	Gwendolyn	40	↑24	>100
27	Judy	39	↓12	12
28	Yvonne	39	↑12	>100
29	Charlotte	38	↑8	50
30	Marilyn	38	↑18	27
31	Joan	37	new	22
32	Amy	36	↓8	>100
33	Evelyn	36	↑10	57
34	Diana	35	new	60
35	Gail	35	↑7	56
36	Aileen	34	–	>100
37	June	34	↑1	>100
38	Eileen	32	new	73
39	Katherine	32	new	77
40	Norma	32	new	66
41	Carole	31	↓11	43
42	Ellen	31	new	63
43	Frances	31	↓22	33
44	Irene	31	↓25	91
45	Nancy	31	↓6	7
46	Margaret	30	↓11	14
47	Pauline	28	new	>100
48	Ann	27	↓7	39
49	Janet	26	↓26	21
50	Marie	26	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	200	–	2
2	Dennis	149	↑5	20
3	James	149	–	1
4	Ronald	148	↓2	10
5	Richard	147	↓1	5
6	John	142	↓1	3
7	William	126	↑1	4
8	Thomas	109	↑5	8
9	George	103	↓3	14
10	Michael	102	↓1	9
11	Gary	98	↑9	15
12	Melvin	97	↓1	67
13	David	87	↑3	6
14	Roy	85	↓4	39
15	Kenneth	83	↓3	16
16	Edward	78	↑2	18
17	Wayne	75	↑2	37
18	Joseph	72	↓4	13
19	Charles	69	↓4	7
20	Patrick	67	↑15	64
21	Stanley	67	↓4	57
22	Paul	66	↑3	17
23	Raymond	61	↓2	22
24	Daniel	57	↓1	25
25	Alvin	54	↑12	>100
26	Glenn	51	↑16	88
27	Rodney	51	↓5	>100
28	Alan	50	new	55
29	Francis	50	↓2	71
30	Frank	50	↑20	21
31	Edwin	49	↓1	>100
32	Gerald	49	↑8	24
33	Donald	48	↓5	11
34	Steven	48	new	52
35	Calvin	47	↑8	>100
36	Lawrence	46	↓12	32
37	Albert	44	↓4	44
38	Harry	44	new	49
39	Stephen	42	–	28
40	Larry	39	new	12
41	Walter	38	↓9	26
42	Norman	37	↓8	58
43	Henry	36	↓17	35
44	Alfred	35	↑4	82
45	Arthur	35	↑4	29
46	Carl	35	new	36
47	Eugene	35	new	48
48	Gordon	35	new	>100
49	Jerry	32	↓2	19
50	Leonard	32	new	56

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