Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1947

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1947 were Linda for girls (167 babies) and Robert for boys (215). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,517 babies born in Hawaii in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1947

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

Girls

Leilani: 15 babies, 65.7× the national rate
Aileen: 33 babies, 54.5× the national rate
Lani: 15 babies, 48.8× the national rate
Amy: 36 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Lynette: 24 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Lorna: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 39 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Laverne: 18 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Leona: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Doreen: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 19 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Wilfred: 22 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Glenn: 152 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Clayton: 23 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Wendell: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Calvin: 56 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Milton: 38 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Wallace: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Clifford: 52 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Clyde: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	167	↑4	1
2	Patricia	161	↓1	3
3	Karen	136	↑1	13
4	Sharon	136	↓2	9
5	Sandra	131	↓2	5
6	Susan	108	↑1	8
7	Carol	107	↓1	6
8	Barbara	96	–	4
9	Mary	96	–	2
10	Kathleen	86	↑1	11
11	Diane	83	↑2	18
12	Cynthia	82	–	33
13	Gail	67	↓3	49
14	Beverly	62	↑3	31
15	Elizabeth	59	↑9	25
16	Nancy	56	↑30	7
17	Charlene	55	↑8	>100
18	Shirley	51	↓4	19
19	Geraldine	49	↓4	78
20	Pamela	49	↑13	28
21	Frances	48	↑5	39
22	Joanne	48	↑13	56
23	Joyce	46	↓4	20
24	Judith	45	↑7	12
25	Lorraine	45	↓9	84
26	Carolyn	44	↓8	15
27	Joann	44	↑20	89
28	Judy	43	↑1	14
29	Cheryl	41	↑9	24
30	Charlotte	40	↓7	68
31	Darlene	40	new	71
32	Bernadette	39	↓11	>100
33	Donna	39	↑10	10
34	Margaret	38	↓4	16
35	Janice	37	↓15	22
36	June	37	↓4	>100
37	Amy	36	↑4	>100
38	Evelyn	36	↑11	72
39	Gayle	36	new	>100
40	Ann	35	↑2	41
41	Diana	35	↓7	48
42	Gloria	35	↑2	27
43	Marilyn	34	↓7	29
44	Aileen	33	new	>100
45	Jane	33	–	36
46	Jean	33	↓18	40
47	Yvonne	33	↓10	>100
48	Janet	32	new	23
49	Phyllis	32	new	37
50	Betty	31	↓23	17

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	215	–	2
2	Michael	197	↑1	7
3	John	185	↓1	3
4	Dennis	173	–	17
5	James	171	–	1
6	Richard	166	↑2	5
7	Ronald	164	↓1	11
8	Glenn	152	↑3	70
9	William	150	↓2	4
10	Wayne	149	–	30
11	Gary	131	↓2	12
12	David	111	–	6
13	Thomas	102	↑4	8
14	George	94	↓1	16
15	Paul	89	↑4	18
16	Charles	85	↑2	9
17	Joseph	84	↑3	14
18	Kenneth	78	↓2	15
19	Edward	69	↓4	19
20	Stephen	69	↑4	21
21	Roy	66	–	48
22	Alan	64	↓8	45
23	Daniel	63	↑12	22
24	Larry	60	↑24	10
25	Melvin	58	↓3	85
26	Stanley	57	–	67
27	Calvin	56	↑5	>100
28	Patrick	56	↓3	53
29	Douglas	55	new	31
30	Lawrence	55	↓1	32
31	Clifford	52	↑7	>100
32	Henry	52	↑9	46
33	Steven	52	↑6	24
34	Rodney	51	↓11	94
35	Raymond	50	↓8	27
36	Gerald	48	↓8	28
37	Walter	48	↑3	34
38	Norman	44	↑6	81
39	Francis	43	↓8	84
40	Howard	43	↓6	62
41	Anthony	42	↑4	41
42	Harold	42	new	35
43	Albert	41	new	55
44	Russell	41	new	69
45	Donald	40	↓12	13
46	Clyde	39	new	>100
47	Milton	38	↓4	>100
48	Alvin	37	↓12	>100
49	Earl	37	↓19	83
50	Gregory	34	↓8	33

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