Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1952

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1952 were Linda for girls (151 babies) and Michael for boys (236). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,560 babies born in Hawaii in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1952

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, 96.4× the national rate
Jocelyn: 15 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Charmaine: 25 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Doreen: 36 babies, 12× the national rate
Lorna: 23 babies, 11× the national rate
Faith: 21 babies, 11× the national rate
Gwen: 16 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Corinne: 18 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Leona: 18 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Laverne: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate

Boys

Derek: 22 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Dexter: 17 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Kelvin: 15 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Miles: 15 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Clayton: 32 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Owen: 16 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Wesley: 44 babies, 8× the national rate
Clyde: 44 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wendell: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Leslie: 49 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	151	–	1
2	Karen	140	–	8
3	Debra	132	↑6	9
4	Susan	130	–	5
5	Patricia	116	↓2	3
6	Deborah	110	↑9	4
7	Sandra	106	↓1	10
8	Sharon	100	↓3	14
9	Diane	95	↑9	16
10	Kathleen	91	–	11
11	Gail	87	↓3	39
12	Mary	80	↓5	2
13	Cynthia	77	↓2	18
14	Donna	73	↑5	13
15	Barbara	70	↑1	6
16	Lynn	66	↓3	71
17	Pamela	66	↓5	17
18	Carol	65	↓1	12
19	Christine	64	↑3	20
20	Charlene	61	–	>100
21	Valerie	58	–	87
22	Ann	52	↑9	45
23	Stephanie	51	↑3	>100
24	Nancy	50	new	7
25	Janice	45	↓11	23
26	Elizabeth	44	↑9	22
27	Joyce	42	↑9	27
28	Marilyn	40	↑13	38
29	Beverly	37	↓4	35
30	Colleen	37	↓2	>100
31	Darlene	37	↑11	77
32	Joann	37	↓8	>100
33	Shirley	37	↓10	28
34	Cheryl	36	↑16	31
35	Doreen	36	↓3	>100
36	Joanne	36	↑11	78
37	Carolyn	35	↑1	24
38	Gloria	34	↑8	36
39	Lynne	34	new	>100
40	Gayle	33	↓11	>100
41	Charlotte	31	new	89
42	Janet	30	new	19
43	Margaret	30	↓10	21
44	Denise	29	new	33
45	Geraldine	29	new	>100
46	Phyllis	29	↑3	65
47	Catherine	28	new	34
48	Frances	28	↓11	67
49	Joan	28	↓5	37
50	Elaine	27	↓7	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	236	–	4
2	Robert	200	–	2
3	John	185	–	3
4	James	160	–	1
5	David	153	–	5
6	Richard	142	↑4	7
7	William	136	↑2	6
8	Wayne	119	↓2	38
9	Gary	113	↓2	10
10	Steven	102	↑1	11
11	Glenn	100	↓3	61
12	Dennis	98	–	18
13	Charles	94	↑8	9
14	Thomas	93	↑1	8
15	Paul	91	↓2	19
16	Brian	84	↑9	64
17	Joseph	80	↓3	12
18	Alan	79	↑1	42
19	Stephen	73	↑15	21
20	Edward	70	↓3	23
21	Rodney	68	↑6	84
22	Mark	67	↑2	17
23	George	66	↓3	22
24	Kenneth	65	↓6	16
25	Bruce	64	↑10	25
26	Ronald	64	↓10	15
27	Patrick	63	↓4	37
28	Gregory	59	↑14	24
29	Melvin	59	↑4	91
30	Daniel	54	↓4	20
31	Stanley	54	↑8	58
32	Calvin	53	↑11	>100
33	Lawrence	49	↑17	35
34	Leslie	49	↑6	>100
35	Raymond	49	↑1	33
36	Anthony	47	↓8	34
37	Eric	45	↓15	88
38	Keith	45	↓8	49
39	Clyde	44	↑5	>100
40	Gordon	44	↓8	>100
41	Wesley	44	new	>100
42	Donald	43	↓4	13
43	Russell	43	↑6	70
44	Walter	43	new	44
45	Howard	42	new	73
46	Peter	41	↓5	36
47	Randall	41	new	63
48	Roy	41	↓11	55
49	Warren	40	new	>100
50	Clifford	39	↓5	99

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