Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1948

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1948 were Linda for girls (204 babies) and Michael for boys (225). Michael ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,355 babies born in Hawaii in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1948

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: 20 babies, 86.4× the national rate
Aileen: 24 babies, 42.6× the national rate
Sharlene: 17 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Amy: 27 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Lynette: 23 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Doreen: 28 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Bernadette: 33 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Laverne: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Pearl: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dale: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 17 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Wilfred: 15 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Glenn: 123 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Wendell: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Clayton: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Calvin: 52 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Gordon: 50 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Milton: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Clyde: 38 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rodney: 62 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	204	–	1
2	Sharon	148	↑2	9
3	Patricia	138	↓1	4
4	Susan	133	↑2	5
5	Sandra	123	–	6
6	Karen	111	↓3	12
7	Carol	108	–	8
8	Barbara	105	–	3
9	Kathleen	102	↑1	10
10	Cynthia	101	↑2	27
11	Mary	98	↓2	2
12	Diane	73	↓1	19
13	Gail	72	–	51
14	Charlene	64	↑3	>100
15	Pamela	60	↑5	22
16	Shirley	58	↑2	20
17	Joyce	51	↑6	21
18	Donna	50	↑15	11
19	Beverly	49	↓5	31
20	Joann	49	↑7	94
21	Carolyn	47	↑5	14
22	Geraldine	44	↓3	83
23	Janice	44	↑12	23
24	Frances	43	↓3	42
25	Charlotte	40	↑5	69
26	Margaret	40	↑8	13
27	Valerie	40	new	>100
28	Christine	39	new	35
29	Marilyn	38	↑14	33
30	Yvonne	38	↑17	>100
31	Ann	36	↑9	44
32	Deborah	34	new	30
33	Jane	34	↑12	39
34	Judith	34	↓10	15
35	Lynn	34	new	80
36	Nancy	34	↓20	7
37	Bernadette	33	↓5	>100
38	Gloria	33	↑4	28
39	Judy	33	↓11	16
40	Cheryl	32	↓11	25
41	Stephanie	32	new	>100
42	Janet	31	↑6	24
43	Joanne	30	↓21	65
44	Lorraine	30	↓19	96
45	Paulette	29	new	>100
46	Rose	29	new	62
47	Doreen	28	new	>100
48	Elizabeth	28	↓33	26
49	Gwendolyn	28	new	>100
50	Jean	28	↓4	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Michael	225	↑1	6
2	Robert	212	↓1	2
3	John	181	–	3
4	James	177	↑1	1
5	Dennis	154	↓1	17
6	David	152	↑6	5
7	Ronald	151	–	10
8	William	148	↑1	4
9	Richard	145	↓3	7
10	Glenn	123	↓2	73
11	Wayne	114	↓1	34
12	Thomas	111	↑1	8
13	George	96	↑1	16
14	Gary	93	↓3	12
15	Joseph	89	↑2	13
16	Alan	85	↑6	46
17	Charles	85	↓1	9
18	Kenneth	80	–	15
19	Edward	72	–	19
20	Patrick	72	↑8	48
21	Paul	70	↓6	18
22	Steven	68	↑11	23
23	Stephen	66	↓3	20
24	Raymond	62	↑11	27
25	Rodney	62	↑9	92
26	Roy	58	↓5	49
27	Daniel	57	↓4	22
28	Lawrence	57	↑2	31
29	Larry	54	↓5	11
30	Melvin	53	↓5	81
31	Stanley	53	↓5	65
32	Calvin	52	↓5	>100
33	Gordon	50	new	>100
34	Russell	49	↑10	67
35	Donald	47	↑10	14
36	Gregory	46	↑14	32
37	Gerald	44	↓1	30
38	Bruce	41	new	28
39	Carl	41	new	42
40	Anthony	40	↑1	41
41	Alvin	39	↑7	>100
42	Arthur	39	new	44
43	Clyde	38	↑3	>100
44	Henry	38	↓12	45
45	Walter	38	↓8	35
46	Edwin	37	new	>100
47	Francis	37	↓8	80
48	Brian	36	new	95
49	Ernest	36	new	76
50	Clifford	34	↓19	>100

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