Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1954

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1954 were Debra for girls (151 babies) and Michael for boys (290). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,811 babies born in Hawaii in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1954

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: 18 babies, 54.1× the national rate
Iris: 29 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Faith: 24 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lorna: 24 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Doreen: 37 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Leona: 18 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Laverne: 16 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Verna: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Naomi: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Bernadette: 24 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 30 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Derek: 25 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Clayton: 41 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Wesley: 55 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Wendell: 28 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Nathan: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lance: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Clyde: 36 babies, 6× the national rate
Guy: 42 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Byron: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Debra	151	–	6
2	Susan	133	–	5
3	Karen	111	↑1	8
4	Patricia	107	↑1	4
5	Sandra	107	↑3	13
6	Cynthia	102	↑6	10
7	Linda	97	↓4	2
8	Sharon	94	↓1	16
9	Deborah	92	↓3	3
10	Kathleen	91	↓1	14
11	Donna	90	–	11
12	Mary	85	↑1	1
13	Barbara	82	↑2	7
14	Cheryl	76	↑12	22
15	Carol	72	↑3	15
16	Diane	72	↓6	17
17	Gail	72	↓1	37
18	Pamela	67	↓1	12
19	Lynn	61	↓5	63
20	Elizabeth	60	↑2	20
21	Valerie	58	↓1	87
22	Stephanie	56	↑12	>100
23	Ann	53	–	44
24	Janice	52	↓5	25
25	Darlene	49	–	76
26	Beverly	47	↓5	31
27	Charlene	46	↑3	>100
28	Colleen	46	↓1	>100
29	Christine	39	↓5	43
30	Joann	38	↑12	>100
31	Shirley	38	↑2	33
32	Doreen	37	↑3	>100
33	Nancy	37	↓5	9
34	Carolyn	35	new	27
35	Anne	34	new	80
36	Judy	32	new	29
37	Brenda	31	↑3	18
38	Catherine	31	new	32
39	Jean	31	↑7	56
40	Margaret	31	new	21
41	Terry	31	new	88
42	Theresa	31	↓13	47
43	Wendy	31	↑5	95
44	Denise	30	–	24
45	Jennifer	30	new	>100
46	Marilyn	30	↓9	35
47	Roxanne	30	new	>100
48	Iris	29	new	>100
49	Joy	29	new	>100
50	Joyce	29	↓14	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	290	–	1
2	Robert	211	–	2
3	John	193	↑2	4
4	David	171	↓1	5
5	Gary	164	↑3	9
6	William	153	–	6
7	James	149	↓3	3
8	Richard	143	↓1	7
9	Brian	99	↑12	48
10	Steven	99	–	11
11	Joseph	96	↑7	13
12	Thomas	96	↓1	8
13	Wayne	96	↓4	41
14	Mark	89	↑1	12
15	Paul	86	↑1	16
16	Alan	83	↑1	43
17	Glenn	79	↓4	63
18	Daniel	72	↑7	18
19	Ronald	72	–	15
20	Stephen	69	↑8	20
21	Patrick	67	↑6	38
22	Rodney	67	–	66
23	Eric	66	↑16	89
24	Charles	65	↓12	10
25	Dennis	61	↓11	21
26	Edward	60	↑4	22
27	Jeffrey	59	↑10	23
28	Keith	58	↓8	45
29	George	56	↓6	24
30	Gregory	56	↑5	25
31	Roy	56	↑9	56
32	Wesley	55	new	>100
33	Peter	53	↑10	37
34	Anthony	52	↓5	32
35	Bruce	52	↓1	30
36	Donald	52	↑10	14
37	Craig	51	↑1	51
38	Dean	50	new	>100
39	Kenneth	50	↓13	17
40	Carl	47	new	47
41	Frank	46	new	36
42	Lawrence	44	↓10	39
43	Russell	44	↓19	69
44	Randall	43	↓13	55
45	Douglas	42	↓9	29
46	Guy	42	↑1	>100
47	Clayton	41	↓3	>100
48	Timothy	40	new	26
49	Melvin	38	↓4	92
50	Gordon	37	↓9	>100

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