Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1957

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1957 were Karen for girls (145 babies) and Michael for boys (326). Karen ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,366 babies born in Hawaii in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1957

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: 26 babies, 101.8× the national rate
Lani: 16 babies, 57.9× the national rate
Iris: 37 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Faye: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Claire: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Faith: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Nadine: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Natalie: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Francine: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Nolan: 17 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Miles: 16 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Derek: 30 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Jason: 19 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Nathan: 38 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Clayton: 29 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Nelson: 26 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lance: 30 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Clyde: 42 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ross: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Karen	145	↑4	5
2	Debra	123	–	4
3	Cynthia	121	↑1	7
4	Donna	120	↓1	10
5	Susan	120	↓4	2
6	Linda	96	↑1	3
7	Patricia	93	↑1	8
8	Sandra	92	↑2	15
9	Cheryl	90	↑3	16
10	Mary	85	↓1	1
11	Deborah	81	↓5	6
12	Cindy	78	↑17	19
13	Diane	74	↑5	17
14	Sharon	74	↓3	14
15	Carol	71	↑2	18
16	Lisa	70	↑16	26
17	Brenda	69	↑11	13
18	Kathleen	65	↓5	21
19	Ann	61	↑4	44
20	Elizabeth	57	↓1	22
21	Pamela	56	↓7	12
22	Darlene	55	↑9	57
23	Lori	55	↑2	45
24	Barbara	54	↓9	9
25	Valerie	53	↓3	76
26	Lynn	50	↓10	61
27	Margaret	48	↑14	29
28	Laura	47	↑2	31
29	Nancy	47	↓2	11
30	Janice	46	↓9	32
31	Janet	44	new	23
32	Stephanie	44	↑3	>100
33	Charlene	43	↓9	>100
34	Gail	43	↓14	54
35	Kathy	42	↑13	20
36	Debbie	39	↑1	27
37	Iris	37	new	>100
38	Catherine	36	↑9	37
39	Theresa	36	↑6	36
40	Doreen	35	new	>100
41	Joann	35	new	>100
42	Julie	35	new	28
43	Cathy	34	new	39
44	Jan	33	↓1	>100
45	Wendy	33	↓19	>100
46	Renee	32	↓8	>100
47	Carolyn	31	new	33
48	Joyce	31	↓9	40
49	Colleen	29	↓16	>100
50	Katherine	29	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	326	–	1
2	Robert	229	–	4
3	John	220	–	5
4	David	200	–	3
5	James	197	–	2
6	Richard	163	↑2	8
7	Mark	160	–	7
8	William	155	↓2	6
9	Thomas	106	↑3	9
10	Paul	103	↓1	18
11	Keith	97	↑18	36
12	Charles	95	↑1	11
13	Steven	93	↓2	10
14	Wayne	88	↑1	47
15	Joseph	85	↑1	12
16	Jeffrey	84	↑19	21
17	Gary	78	–	13
18	Kevin	77	↑14	20
19	Patrick	71	↑6	41
20	Russell	71	↓1	54
21	Eric	70	–	60
22	Edward	67	↑9	25
23	Brian	66	↓13	26
24	Daniel	66	↑2	16
25	Alan	64	↓11	48
26	Kenneth	64	↓4	14
27	Scott	64	↑7	32
28	Gregory	63	↑14	23
29	Stephen	62	↑1	24
30	George	61	↓7	29
31	Dean	60	↓11	93
32	Glenn	60	↓8	62
33	Peter	55	↑8	37
34	Bruce	54	↑9	34
35	Donald	54	↓2	15
36	Anthony	51	–	27
37	Ronald	51	↓19	17
38	Raymond	50	↑10	39
39	Randall	49	↓12	59
40	Timothy	48	↓2	19
41	Craig	47	↓13	55
42	Dennis	46	↑2	28
43	Douglas	46	↓3	30
44	Lawrence	46	new	46
45	Rodney	43	↓6	70
46	Wesley	43	–	>100
47	Clyde	42	–	>100
48	Guy	39	↓11	>100
49	Alvin	38	new	>100
50	Nathan	38	new	>100

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