Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1950

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1950 were Linda for girls (179 babies) and Michael for boys (219). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,222 babies born in Hawaii in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1950

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: 16 babies, 69.5× the national rate
Aileen: 19 babies, 38.2× the national rate
Lorna: 22 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Laverne: 26 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Doreen: 25 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Lynette: 26 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Naomi: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Amy: 26 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Claire: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 19 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Clayton: 37 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Wilfred: 15 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Clyde: 48 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Glenn: 122 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Nelson: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Calvin: 48 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Leslie: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Wesley: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Alexander: 19 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	179	–	1
2	Susan	144	–	5
3	Sharon	142	↑1	11
4	Karen	126	↑2	12
5	Patricia	126	↓2	3
6	Sandra	103	↓1	8
7	Carol	102	–	9
8	Mary	96	–	2
9	Cynthia	89	↑2	23
10	Gail	83	↑3	42
11	Kathleen	80	↑1	10
12	Barbara	77	↓3	4
13	Deborah	69	↑17	7
14	Diane	68	↓4	16
15	Donna	67	↓1	13
16	Charlene	66	↓1	>100
17	Janice	55	↑4	22
18	Lynn	50	↑14	76
19	Pamela	46	↑4	17
20	Joyce	42	↑11	27
21	Beverly	41	↑3	31
22	Christine	41	↓2	28
23	Janet	41	↑16	18
24	Shirley	41	↓8	19
25	Valerie	41	↓3	>100
26	Charlotte	39	new	80
27	Margaret	39	↑1	15
28	Nancy	37	↑5	6
29	Darlene	36	new	79
30	Elizabeth	36	↓12	24
31	Gloria	34	↓14	30
32	Joann	34	↓5	98
33	Carolyn	33	↓14	20
34	Irene	33	new	92
35	Stephanie	32	–	>100
36	Ann	31	↑4	45
37	Frances	31	↓3	51
38	June	31	new	>100
39	Laura	31	new	63
40	Marilyn	31	↓4	37
41	Theresa	31	new	65
42	Cheryl	30	↑4	29
43	Geraldine	30	↓6	>100
44	Joanne	30	↓19	67
45	Colleen	29	↑5	>100
46	Elaine	28	new	60
47	Gayle	28	new	>100
48	Phyllis	28	new	53
49	Yvonne	28	↓7	>100
50	Jean	27	↓24	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Michael	219	–	4
2	Robert	193	–	2
3	John	181	–	3
4	James	150	–	1
5	William	144	–	6
6	Richard	130	–	7
7	Wayne	128	↑1	35
8	Glenn	122	↑1	59
9	Dennis	121	↓2	17
10	David	118	–	5
11	Gary	111	↑1	10
12	Ronald	104	↓1	12
13	George	90	↑6	20
14	Thomas	89	↓1	8
15	Alan	80	↑1	41
16	Charles	78	↓2	9
17	Steven	75	↑4	16
18	Paul	72	↑2	18
19	Joseph	66	↓4	13
20	Edward	65	↑3	22
21	Roy	62	↑6	51
22	Kenneth	61	↓4	15
23	Gerald	54	↑13	34
24	Stephen	54	↓2	19
25	Patrick	51	↓8	38
26	Peter	51	–	37
27	Calvin	48	new	>100
28	Clyde	48	↓3	>100
29	Daniel	48	↓5	21
30	Douglas	46	new	28
31	Brian	45	new	79
32	Gregory	45	↑15	25
33	Lawrence	45	↓3	33
34	Clifford	44	↑5	100
35	Rodney	44	↑15	88
36	Donald	43	↓8	14
37	Russell	43	↑7	67
38	Bruce	41	new	26
39	Stanley	41	↓8	60
40	Albert	40	↓2	56
41	Melvin	40	↓12	87
42	Mark	39	new	23
43	Carl	38	new	44
44	Leonard	38	↓2	77
45	Clayton	37	new	>100
46	Earl	37	new	92
47	Gordon	37	new	>100
48	Keith	37	↓2	78
49	Norman	37	new	90
50	Raymond	37	↓17	31

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