Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1946

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1946 were Patricia for girls (143 babies) and Robert for boys (197). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,070 babies born in Hawaii in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1946

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

Girls

Winona: 16 babies, 58.5× the national rate
Aileen: 22 babies, 39.1× the national rate
Amy: 30 babies, 19× the national rate
Lynette: 21 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Laverne: 23 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 44 babies, 11× the national rate
Yolanda: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Naomi: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Claire: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Caroline: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Wilfred: 25 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Wendell: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Glenn: 96 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Milton: 36 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Clayton: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Reginald: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rodney: 70 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Calvin: 42 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Wallace: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Alvin: 40 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Patricia	143	↑1	3
2	Sharon	134	↑1	9
3	Sandra	114	↑2	6
4	Karen	113	–	15
5	Linda	109	↑3	2
6	Carol	101	↓5	5
7	Susan	91	↑2	8
8	Barbara	86	↓1	4
9	Mary	76	↓3	1
10	Gail	72	–	49
11	Kathleen	72	↑1	16
12	Cynthia	61	↑16	46
13	Diane	60	↑6	19
14	Shirley	55	↓3	18
15	Geraldine	53	–	66
16	Lorraine	52	↓3	93
17	Beverly	50	↑25	30
18	Carolyn	49	↓1	12
19	Joyce	48	↓3	20
20	Janice	45	–	22
21	Bernadette	44	new	>100
22	Elaine	43	↑4	47
23	Charlotte	42	↓1	64
24	Elizabeth	42	↓1	25
25	Charlene	41	↑9	>100
26	Frances	41	↓12	39
27	Betty	39	↓2	14
28	Jean	39	↓4	37
29	Judy	39	↑17	11
30	Margaret	37	–	17
31	Judith	35	↓13	10
32	June	34	↓3	>100
33	Pamela	34	new	34
34	Diana	33	↑11	42
35	Joanne	33	new	57
36	Marilyn	33	↓9	29
37	Yvonne	33	↑2	>100
38	Cheryl	32	new	27
39	Ellen	32	new	58
40	Paulette	32	↑7	>100
41	Amy	30	–	>100
42	Ann	30	↓9	40
43	Donna	30	new	13
44	Gloria	30	↓23	26
45	Jane	30	↓13	35
46	Nancy	30	↓2	7
47	Joann	29	new	90
48	Sylvia	29	new	82
49	Evelyn	28	↓12	65
50	Ruth	28	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	197	–	2
2	John	171	↑1	3
3	Michael	165	↑1	7
4	Dennis	160	↑1	17
5	James	160	↓3	1
6	Ronald	144	–	10
7	William	130	↑1	4
8	Richard	125	↓1	5
9	Gary	120	–	12
10	Wayne	115	↑4	29
11	Glenn	96	↑9	81
12	David	93	↓1	6
13	George	83	↓3	16
14	Alan	81	↑14	49
15	Edward	81	–	19
16	Kenneth	77	↑1	15
17	Thomas	77	↓4	8
18	Charles	75	↑1	9
19	Paul	72	↑2	18
20	Joseph	71	↓4	14
21	Roy	71	↓3	43
22	Melvin	70	↓10	86
23	Rodney	70	↑7	93
24	Stephen	62	↑9	24
25	Patrick	59	↓3	59
26	Stanley	56	↓3	65
27	Raymond	51	↓3	25
28	Gerald	47	↑17	27
29	Lawrence	45	↓2	31
30	Earl	44	new	82
31	Francis	43	↑5	80
32	Calvin	42	↑5	>100
33	Donald	42	↑5	13
34	Howard	42	new	55
35	Daniel	41	↓9	21
36	Alvin	40	↓11	>100
37	Edwin	40	↓5	>100
38	Clifford	39	↑2	100
39	Steven	39	↓5	28
40	Walter	39	↓11	30
41	Henry	38	↓6	41
42	Gregory	37	new	56
43	Milton	36	new	>100
44	Norman	36	↓3	76
45	Anthony	35	new	44
46	Frank	35	new	22
47	Leslie	34	↑1	>100
48	Larry	33	new	11
49	Peter	33	↓3	38
50	Carl	31	new	39

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