Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1953

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1953 were Debra for girls (158 babies) and Michael for boys (286). Debra ranked #7 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,847 babies born in Hawaii in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1953

Names given at least 15 times in Hawaii that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lani: 20 babies, 73.4× the national rate
Aileen: 15 babies, 21.7× the national rate
Charmaine: 19 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Faith: 20 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Pearl: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Corinne: 17 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Doreen: 37 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Lynette: 31 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Lorna: 20 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Iris: 24 babies, 8.2× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 23 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Derek: 24 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Jason: 16 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Dexter: 16 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Ken: 15 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Clayton: 39 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Lance: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Nelson: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Wendell: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Milton: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Debra	158	↑2	7
2	Susan	155	↑2	5
3	Linda	131	↓2	2
4	Karen	124	↓2	9
5	Patricia	117	–	4
6	Deborah	112	–	3
7	Sharon	105	↑1	15
8	Sandra	98	↓1	11
9	Kathleen	88	↑1	14
10	Diane	85	↓1	17
11	Donna	84	↑3	13
12	Cynthia	81	↑1	12
13	Mary	81	↓1	1
14	Lynn	80	↑2	67
15	Barbara	76	–	6
16	Gail	72	↓5	39
17	Pamela	72	–	10
18	Carol	69	–	16
19	Janice	64	↑6	22
20	Valerie	60	↑1	88
21	Beverly	54	↑8	34
22	Elizabeth	49	↑4	21
23	Ann	48	↓1	46
24	Christine	48	↓5	32
25	Darlene	48	↑6	75
26	Cheryl	46	↑8	28
27	Colleen	46	↑3	>100
28	Nancy	46	↓4	8
29	Theresa	45	new	50
30	Charlene	43	↓10	>100
31	Lynne	38	↑8	>100
32	Roberta	38	new	90
33	Shirley	38	–	29
34	Stephanie	38	↓11	>100
35	Doreen	37	–	>100
36	Joyce	37	↓9	26
37	Marilyn	37	↓9	36
38	Laura	36	new	51
39	Frances	33	↑9	72
40	Brenda	32	new	18
41	Yvonne	32	new	>100
42	Joann	31	↓10	>100
43	Lynette	31	new	>100
44	Denise	30	–	31
45	Joanne	30	↓9	71
46	Jean	29	new	52
47	Katherine	29	new	63
48	Wendy	29	new	>100
49	Gwendolyn	28	new	>100
50	Amy	27	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	286	–	3
2	Robert	196	–	1
3	David	191	↑2	5
4	James	174	–	2
5	John	171	↓2	4
6	William	149	↑1	6
7	Richard	138	↓1	7
8	Gary	132	↑1	10
9	Wayne	118	↓1	40
10	Steven	116	–	11
11	Thomas	111	↑3	8
12	Charles	109	↑1	9
13	Glenn	96	↓2	67
14	Dennis	92	↓2	19
15	Mark	88	↑7	12
16	Paul	88	↓1	16
17	Alan	85	↑1	43
18	Joseph	81	↓1	13
19	Ronald	80	↑7	15
20	Keith	74	↑18	47
21	Brian	72	↓5	53
22	Rodney	72	↓1	58
23	George	68	–	22
24	Russell	66	↑19	71
25	Daniel	65	↑5	20
26	Kenneth	63	↓2	17
27	Patrick	63	–	39
28	Stephen	63	↓9	21
29	Anthony	59	↑7	32
30	Edward	58	↓10	23
31	Randall	58	↑16	64
32	Lawrence	55	↑1	37
33	Stanley	55	↓2	62
34	Bruce	53	↓9	28
35	Gregory	53	↓7	24
36	Douglas	49	new	27
37	Jeffrey	49	new	25
38	Craig	47	new	60
39	Eric	47	↓2	89
40	Roy	42	↑8	55
41	Gordon	41	↓1	>100
42	Howard	40	↑3	77
43	Peter	40	↑3	38
44	Clayton	39	new	>100
45	Melvin	39	↓16	91
46	Donald	38	↓4	14
47	Guy	38	new	>100
48	Leonard	38	new	85
49	Clyde	37	↓10	>100
50	Raymond	37	↓15	34

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