Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1955

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1955 were Susan for girls (152 babies) and Michael for boys (309). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,989 babies born in Hawaii in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1955

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

Girls

Jasmine: 15 babies, 130.9× the national rate
Leilani: 20 babies, 109.4× the national rate
Lani: 26 babies, 104.9× the national rate
Aileen: 19 babies, 29.5× the national rate
Bernadette: 35 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Iris: 29 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lorna: 22 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Gwen: 20 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Dale: 24 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Faye: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 32 babies, 29.9× the national rate
Derek: 30 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Bert: 21 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Dexter: 19 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Clayton: 40 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Lance: 29 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Randal: 28 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Roland: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Clyde: 37 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wesley: 40 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Susan	152	↑1	5
2	Debra	151	↓1	4
3	Karen	124	–	8
4	Linda	110	↑3	3
5	Donna	108	↑6	10
6	Patricia	107	↓2	6
7	Cynthia	99	↓1	11
8	Sandra	89	↓3	13
9	Deborah	87	–	2
10	Cheryl	82	↑4	19
11	Kathleen	82	↓1	17
12	Pamela	76	↑6	12
13	Mary	69	↓1	1
14	Sharon	68	↓6	16
15	Valerie	68	↑6	80
16	Lynn	66	↑3	62
17	Diane	63	↓1	14
18	Stephanie	62	↑4	>100
19	Gail	55	↓2	42
20	Barbara	54	↓7	7
21	Elizabeth	51	↓1	21
22	Ann	50	↑1	43
23	Charlene	47	↑4	>100
24	Carol	46	↓9	15
25	Janice	46	↓1	25
26	Lisa	44	new	48
27	Wendy	44	↑16	90
28	Lori	39	new	89
29	Roxanne	38	↑18	>100
30	Denise	37	↑14	23
31	Laura	37	new	41
32	Theresa	37	↑10	38
33	Audrey	35	new	>100
34	Bernadette	35	new	>100
35	Brenda	34	↑2	18
36	Marilyn	33	↑10	49
37	Terry	33	↑4	83
38	Beverly	32	↓12	34
39	Christine	32	↓10	40
40	Colleen	32	↓12	>100
41	Joan	32	new	46
42	Katherine	32	new	65
43	Joanne	31	new	88
44	Robin	31	new	33
45	Vanessa	31	new	>100
46	Yvonne	31	new	>100
47	Carolyn	30	↓13	30
48	Darlene	30	↓23	76
49	Renee	30	new	>100
50	Iris	29	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	309	–	1
2	David	218	↑2	2
3	Robert	216	↓1	4
4	John	187	↓1	5
5	William	181	↑1	6
6	James	160	↑1	3
7	Mark	132	↑7	9
8	Gary	126	↓3	12
9	Richard	120	↓1	7
10	Brian	115	↓1	40
11	Steven	96	↓1	10
12	Paul	95	↑3	16
13	Thomas	94	↓1	8
14	Glenn	90	↑3	59
15	Wayne	87	↓2	44
16	Joseph	76	↓5	13
17	Ronald	76	↑2	18
18	Edward	74	↑8	25
19	Jeffrey	72	↑8	20
20	Alan	70	↓4	43
21	Daniel	70	↓3	17
22	Stephen	70	↓2	21
23	Charles	69	↑1	11
24	Eric	63	↓1	85
25	Patrick	63	↓4	41
26	Keith	62	↑2	39
27	George	61	↑2	26
28	Rodney	61	↓6	65
29	Dennis	60	↓4	23
30	Kenneth	59	↑9	15
31	Russell	58	↑12	57
32	Randall	53	↑12	53
33	Gregory	49	↓3	24
34	Bruce	47	↑1	32
35	Peter	47	↓2	35
36	Kevin	46	new	27
37	Craig	45	–	50
38	Anthony	44	↓4	31
39	Dean	42	↓1	>100
40	Guy	41	↑6	>100
41	Roy	41	↓10	58
42	Clayton	40	↑5	>100
43	Raymond	40	new	36
44	Wesley	40	↓12	>100
45	Benjamin	38	new	>100
46	Stanley	38	new	64
47	Timothy	38	↑1	22
48	Christopher	37	new	49
49	Clyde	37	new	>100
50	Curtis	37	new	79

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