Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1956

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1956 were Susan for girls (127 babies) and Michael for boys (307). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,659 babies born in Hawaii in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1956

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

Girls

Raynette: 15 babies, 191.6× the national rate
Leilani: 23 babies, 84.4× the national rate
Lani: 23 babies, 69.3× the national rate
Lorna: 23 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Faith: 24 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Iris: 28 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Alison: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Naomi: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Francine: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Derek: 37 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Miles: 16 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Bert: 18 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Clayton: 39 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Jason: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Clyde: 41 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Guy: 51 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Neal: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Nathan: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wendell: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Susan	127	–	5
2	Debra	120	–	2
3	Donna	115	↑2	10
4	Cynthia	113	↑3	8
5	Karen	111	↓2	7
6	Deborah	100	↑3	4
7	Linda	100	↓3	3
8	Patricia	97	↓2	6
9	Mary	95	↑4	1
10	Sandra	92	↓2	14
11	Sharon	92	↑3	13
12	Cheryl	90	↓2	18
13	Kathleen	79	↓2	17
14	Pamela	78	↓2	12
15	Barbara	76	↑5	9
16	Lynn	66	–	58
17	Carol	63	↑7	16
18	Diane	61	↓1	15
19	Elizabeth	61	↑2	22
20	Gail	61	↓1	49
21	Janice	58	↑4	26
22	Valerie	56	↓7	80
23	Ann	55	↓1	46
24	Charlene	54	↓1	>100
25	Lori	54	↑3	66
26	Wendy	48	↑1	95
27	Nancy	46	new	11
28	Brenda	45	↑7	19
29	Cindy	45	new	37
30	Laura	43	↑1	34
31	Darlene	41	↑17	71
32	Lisa	40	↓6	31
33	Colleen	38	↑7	>100
34	Denise	38	↓4	23
35	Stephanie	38	↓17	>100
36	Beverly	35	↑2	40
37	Debbie	35	new	39
38	Renee	34	↑11	>100
39	Joyce	31	new	30
40	Laurie	31	new	76
41	Margaret	31	new	25
42	Shirley	31	new	41
43	Jan	30	new	>100
44	Robin	30	–	29
45	Theresa	30	↓13	32
46	Wanda	30	new	61
47	Catherine	29	new	28
48	Kathy	29	new	20
49	Marlene	29	new	>100
50	Roxanne	29	↓21	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	307	–	1
2	Robert	235	↑1	3
3	John	229	↑1	5
4	David	198	↓2	4
5	James	191	↑1	2
6	William	169	↓1	6
7	Mark	168	–	8
8	Richard	128	↑1	7
9	Paul	111	↑3	17
10	Brian	108	–	32
11	Steven	101	–	10
12	Thomas	99	↑1	9
13	Charles	98	↑10	11
14	Alan	92	↑6	44
15	Wayne	89	–	45
16	Joseph	87	–	12
17	Gary	86	↓9	13
18	Ronald	75	↓1	15
19	Russell	73	↑12	52
20	Dean	71	↑19	99
21	Eric	71	↑3	79
22	Kenneth	71	↑8	16
23	George	70	↑4	27
24	Glenn	69	↓10	61
25	Patrick	69	–	40
26	Daniel	68	↓5	18
27	Randall	68	↑5	54
28	Craig	67	↑9	51
29	Keith	67	↓3	36
30	Stephen	61	↓8	23
31	Edward	60	↓13	25
32	Kevin	60	↑4	22
33	Donald	56	new	14
34	Scott	55	new	34
35	Jeffrey	54	↓16	20
36	Anthony	53	↑2	30
37	Guy	51	↑3	>100
38	Timothy	50	↑9	19
39	Rodney	49	↓11	65
40	Douglas	48	new	29
41	Peter	46	↓6	37
42	Gregory	44	↓9	24
43	Bruce	43	↓9	33
44	Dennis	43	↓15	26
45	Gordon	42	new	>100
46	Wesley	42	↓2	>100
47	Clyde	41	↑2	>100
48	Raymond	41	↓5	39
49	Roy	41	↓8	62
50	Clayton	39	↓8	>100

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