Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1951

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1951 were Linda for girls (164 babies) and Michael for boys (241). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,406 babies born in Hawaii in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1951

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: 18 babies, 101.7× the national rate
Aileen: 17 babies, 27.6× the national rate
Jocelyn: 21 babies, 26.2× the national rate
Doreen: 36 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Lorna: 22 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 34 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Lynette: 29 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Iris: 26 babies, 10× the national rate
Laverne: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Faith: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 21 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Wilfred: 15 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Clayton: 29 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Myron: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Glenn: 136 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wendell: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Wesley: 33 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Clyde: 44 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Milton: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Leslie: 47 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	164	–	1
2	Karen	126	↑2	8
3	Patricia	120	↑2	3
4	Susan	109	↓2	6
5	Sharon	102	↓2	13
6	Sandra	94	–	9
7	Mary	85	↑1	2
8	Gail	83	↑2	36
9	Debra	82	new	18
10	Kathleen	82	↑1	10
11	Cynthia	80	↓2	20
12	Pamela	74	↑7	16
13	Lynn	69	↑5	72
14	Janice	67	↑3	21
15	Deborah	66	↓2	4
16	Barbara	65	↓4	5
17	Carol	64	↓10	11
18	Diane	64	↓4	15
19	Donna	60	↓4	12
20	Charlene	57	↓4	>100
21	Valerie	54	↑4	100
22	Christine	49	–	24
23	Shirley	45	↑1	27
24	Joann	44	↑8	>100
25	Beverly	43	↓4	33
26	Stephanie	42	↑9	>100
27	Yvonne	42	↑22	>100
28	Colleen	41	↑17	>100
29	Gayle	41	↑18	>100
30	Amy	38	new	>100
31	Ann	37	↑5	46
32	Doreen	36	new	>100
33	Margaret	35	↓6	17
34	Bernadette	34	new	>100
35	Elizabeth	34	↓5	23
36	Joyce	34	↓16	28
37	Frances	33	–	59
38	Carolyn	32	↓5	22
39	Gwendolyn	31	new	>100
40	June	31	↓2	>100
41	Marilyn	31	↓1	41
42	Darlene	30	↓13	79
43	Elaine	30	↑3	66
44	Joan	30	new	39
45	Judith	30	new	25
46	Gloria	29	↓15	31
47	Joanne	29	↓3	73
48	Lynette	29	new	>100
49	Phyllis	29	↓1	57
50	Cheryl	27	↓8	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Michael	241	–	4
2	Robert	186	–	2
3	John	170	–	3
4	James	155	–	1
5	David	146	↑5	5
6	Wayne	142	↑1	37
7	Gary	137	↑4	10
8	Glenn	136	–	58
9	William	130	↓4	6
10	Richard	109	↓4	7
11	Steven	104	↑6	13
12	Dennis	97	↓3	17
13	Paul	80	↑5	18
14	Joseph	78	↑5	14
15	Thomas	77	↓1	8
16	Ronald	75	↓4	12
17	Edward	73	↑3	23
18	Kenneth	72	↑4	16
19	Alan	71	↓4	40
20	George	70	↓7	22
21	Charles	67	↓5	9
22	Eric	63	new	93
23	Patrick	63	↑2	39
24	Mark	61	↑18	20
25	Brian	58	↑6	75
26	Daniel	57	↑3	21
27	Rodney	56	↑8	84
28	Anthony	55	new	34
29	Douglas	55	↑1	27
30	Keith	55	↑18	59
31	Gerald	53	↓8	36
32	Gordon	52	↑15	>100
33	Melvin	52	↑8	88
34	Stephen	52	↓10	19
35	Bruce	51	↑3	26
36	Raymond	50	↑14	32
37	Roy	50	↓16	52
38	Donald	49	↓2	15
39	Stanley	48	–	54
40	Leslie	47	new	>100
41	Peter	46	↓15	38
42	Gregory	45	↓10	25
43	Calvin	44	↓16	>100
44	Clyde	44	↓16	>100
45	Clifford	42	↓11	>100
46	Henry	38	new	47
47	Earl	36	↓1	95
48	Jeffrey	36	new	35
49	Russell	36	↓12	73
50	Lawrence	34	↓17	33

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