Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1959

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1959 were Susan for girls (134 babies) and Michael for boys (259). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,213 babies born in Hawaii in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1959

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

Girls

Liane: 15 babies, 40.3× the national rate
Bernadine: 16 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Noreen: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Naomi: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Iris: 20 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lorna: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Francine: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Faith: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rene: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Nadine: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 20 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Jason: 36 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Colin: 16 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Ryan: 17 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Derek: 37 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Ross: 31 babies, 9× the national rate
Darren: 37 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Nathan: 38 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lance: 35 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Clayton: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Susan	134	–	2
2	Donna	126	↑3	5
3	Karen	112	↓1	4
4	Lori	97	↑4	27
5	Debra	94	↑1	7
6	Linda	93	↑3	3
7	Mary	89	↓4	1
8	Lisa	81	↑6	10
9	Kathleen	79	↑7	23
10	Sandra	79	↓3	13
11	Brenda	77	↑7	16
12	Cheryl	76	↓1	18
13	Patricia	73	↓3	6
14	Sharon	67	↓1	17
15	Cynthia	64	↓11	8
16	Pamela	64	↓4	12
17	Elizabeth	60	–	21
18	Carol	58	↑3	22
19	Deborah	56	–	9
20	Debbie	55	↑4	20
21	Cindy	54	↑1	25
22	Ann	52	↑7	44
23	Janice	52	↑19	37
24	Tammy	52	new	31
25	Valerie	51	↑10	60
26	Darlene	47	↓3	66
27	Laura	47	↑1	30
28	Wendy	45	↑8	83
29	Kathy	43	↓9	15
30	Laurie	43	↑1	56
31	Barbara	42	↓4	11
32	Diane	42	↓2	19
33	Gail	42	↓8	75
34	Lynn	42	↓19	63
35	Joyce	41	new	50
36	Julie	41	↑1	26
37	Katherine	40	new	79
38	Denise	37	↓6	29
39	Michelle	35	new	47
40	Teresa	35	new	24
41	Dawn	34	↓1	54
42	Margaret	32	↑5	36
43	Theresa	32	↑2	34
44	Christine	31	new	43
45	Colleen	31	↓1	>100
46	Stephanie	31	↓7	>100
47	Catherine	30	↓14	40
48	Cathy	30	new	39
49	Jan	29	↓8	>100
50	Janet	29	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	259	–	1
2	David	257	↑1	2
3	Robert	221	↑1	5
4	John	203	↓2	4
5	James	166	–	3
6	William	158	↑1	7
7	Mark	147	↓1	6
8	Richard	131	–	8
9	Steven	106	↑8	10
10	Brian	102	↑1	22
11	Joseph	101	↑2	13
12	Paul	99	↓2	17
13	Eric	89	↑2	46
14	Kevin	86	↑15	14
15	George	84	↑13	32
16	Thomas	76	↓7	9
17	Charles	75	↓5	11
18	Jeffrey	71	–	16
19	Keith	69	–	39
20	Scott	69	↓4	24
21	Edward	68	↓1	27
22	Ronald	65	↑9	21
23	Alan	64	↑2	50
24	Daniel	64	↓1	18
25	Kenneth	63	↓4	15
26	Patrick	63	↑1	43
27	Wayne	63	↓13	51
28	Gary	62	↓2	20
29	Craig	57	↑16	44
30	Peter	56	↓8	40
31	Anthony	54	↓1	26
32	Timothy	52	↓8	12
33	Donald	48	↑1	19
34	Glenn	48	↑8	80
35	Russell	47	↓3	56
36	Stephen	46	↑10	28
37	Dean	44	↓4	95
38	Douglas	43	↑3	30
39	Randall	42	↑4	59
40	Raymond	41	–	45
41	Christopher	40	new	35
42	Guy	39	↑2	>100
43	Jon	39	new	>100
44	Nathan	38	new	>100
45	Rodney	38	↓9	67
46	Bruce	37	new	38
47	Darren	37	new	>100
48	Derek	37	new	>100
49	Gregory	37	↓14	23
50	Bryan	36	new	94

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