Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1949

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1949 were Linda for girls (176 babies) and Michael for boys (251). Michael ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,390 babies born in Hawaii in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1949

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: 16 babies, 34.6× the national rate
Lynette: 31 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Amy: 38 babies, 12.5× the national rate
April: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Gwen: 15 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Iris: 27 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Naomi: 25 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Bernadette: 32 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Doreen: 23 babies, 9× the national rate
Leona: 16 babies, 7× the national rate

Boys

Wilfred: 21 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Clayton: 36 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Bert: 16 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Clyde: 53 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Nelson: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Glenn: 129 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Alvin: 44 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Leslie: 44 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Wallace: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Edwin: 42 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	176	–	1
2	Susan	142	↑2	5
3	Patricia	131	–	3
4	Sharon	129	↓2	10
5	Sandra	119	–	6
6	Karen	115	–	11
7	Carol	93	–	8
8	Mary	87	↑3	2
9	Barbara	85	↓1	4
10	Diane	75	↑2	19
11	Cynthia	72	↓1	27
12	Kathleen	72	↓3	9
13	Gail	67	–	51
14	Donna	57	↑4	12
15	Charlene	55	↓1	100
16	Shirley	54	–	18
17	Gloria	50	↑21	29
18	Elizabeth	49	↑30	25
19	Carolyn	45	↑2	17
20	Christine	45	↑8	30
21	Janice	43	↑2	24
22	Valerie	43	↑5	>100
23	Pamela	42	↓8	21
24	Beverly	41	↓5	31
25	Joanne	41	↑18	61
26	Jean	40	↑24	45
27	Joann	40	↓7	>100
28	Margaret	39	↓2	14
29	Amy	38	new	>100
30	Deborah	38	↑2	15
31	Joyce	38	↓14	26
32	Lynn	38	↑3	74
33	Nancy	38	↑3	7
34	Frances	36	↓10	49
35	Stephanie	36	↑6	>100
36	Marilyn	35	↓7	33
37	Geraldine	34	↓15	90
38	Betty	33	new	22
39	Janet	33	↑3	23
40	Ann	32	↓9	44
41	Bernadette	32	↓4	>100
42	Yvonne	32	↓12	>100
43	Judy	31	↓4	20
44	Katherine	31	new	59
45	Lynette	31	new	>100
46	Cheryl	30	↓6	28
47	Catherine	29	new	37
48	Gwendolyn	29	↑1	>100
49	Sheila	29	new	76
50	Colleen	28	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Michael	251	–	5
2	Robert	208	–	2
3	John	173	–	3
4	James	166	–	1
5	William	146	↑3	4
6	Richard	141	↑3	7
7	Dennis	139	↓2	16
8	Wayne	133	↑3	35
9	Glenn	129	↑1	61
10	David	126	↓4	6
11	Ronald	120	↓4	11
12	Gary	115	↑2	12
13	Thomas	94	↓1	8
14	Charles	86	↑3	9
15	Joseph	85	–	14
16	Alan	79	–	45
17	Patrick	79	↑3	39
18	Kenneth	77	–	15
19	George	76	↓6	18
20	Paul	76	↑1	17
21	Steven	76	↑1	20
22	Stephen	61	↑1	19
23	Edward	57	↓4	21
24	Daniel	55	↑3	22
25	Clyde	53	↑18	>100
26	Peter	53	new	38
27	Roy	53	↓1	51
28	Donald	51	↑7	13
29	Melvin	50	↑1	82
30	Lawrence	49	↓2	32
31	Stanley	49	–	60
32	Randall	47	new	79
33	Raymond	46	↓9	30
34	Francis	45	↑13	78
35	Alvin	44	↑6	>100
36	Gerald	44	↑1	33
37	Leslie	44	new	>100
38	Albert	43	new	56
39	Clifford	43	↑11	>100
40	Edwin	42	↑6	>100
41	Henry	42	↑3	46
42	Leonard	42	new	74
43	Frank	41	new	27
44	Russell	41	↓10	69
45	Anthony	39	↓5	36
46	Keith	39	new	85
47	Gregory	38	↓11	31
48	Jerry	38	new	23
49	Larry	37	↓20	10
50	Rodney	37	↓25	87

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