Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1960

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1960 were Susan for girls (150 babies) and Michael for boys (246). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,275 babies born in Hawaii in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1960

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: 16 babies, 51.3× the national rate
Loriann: 15 babies, 38.9× the national rate
Lorna: 25 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Iris: 26 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Faith: 24 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Naomi: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Faye: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Francine: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Nadine: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Roxanne: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Ryan: 16 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Dexter: 16 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Jason: 33 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Derek: 33 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Clayton: 32 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Darren: 54 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lance: 44 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ross: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Guy: 44 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Nelson: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Susan	150	–	2
2	Donna	134	–	5
3	Karen	115	–	4
4	Sandra	115	↑6	11
5	Lisa	111	↑3	6
6	Lori	105	↓2	20
7	Linda	92	↓1	3
8	Mary	82	↓1	1
9	Cynthia	79	↑6	9
10	Laurie	78	↑20	37
11	Patricia	75	↑2	7
12	Debra	71	↓7	8
13	Cheryl	68	↓1	17
14	Brenda	64	↓3	13
15	Laura	62	↑12	25
16	Sharon	62	↓2	16
17	Tammy	60	↑7	31
18	Wendy	60	↑10	63
19	Julie	59	↑17	28
20	Cindy	57	↑1	30
21	Deborah	57	↓2	10
22	Kathleen	54	↓13	27
23	Valerie	52	↑2	65
24	Elizabeth	51	↓7	18
25	Carol	50	↓7	23
26	Pamela	48	↓10	14
27	Barbara	46	↑4	12
28	Robin	46	new	33
29	Teresa	44	↑11	19
30	Darlene	43	↓4	75
31	Debbie	43	↓11	24
32	Annette	42	new	62
33	Lynn	42	↑1	64
34	Kathy	40	↓5	21
35	Tracy	39	new	84
36	Catherine	38	↑11	42
37	Janice	38	↓14	41
38	Ann	37	↓16	51
39	Denise	37	↓1	29
40	Diane	37	↓8	22
41	Colleen	36	↑4	>100
42	Renee	35	new	93
43	Charlene	33	new	>100
44	Gail	32	↓11	90
45	Kimberly	32	new	26
46	Michelle	32	↓7	39
47	Roxanne	32	new	>100
48	Theresa	32	↓5	35
49	Joyce	31	↓14	58
50	Stephanie	31	↓4	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Michael	246	–	2
2	David	244	–	1
3	John	234	↑1	4
4	Robert	197	↓1	5
5	Mark	176	↑2	6
6	James	173	↓1	3
7	William	139	↓1	7
8	Richard	128	–	8
9	Brian	119	↑1	20
10	Steven	113	↓1	10
11	Kevin	102	↑3	15
12	Paul	98	–	18
13	Charles	97	↑4	13
14	Daniel	91	↑10	17
15	Eric	90	↓2	44
16	Jeffrey	85	↑2	14
17	Scott	81	↑3	23
18	Joseph	80	↓7	12
19	Thomas	80	↓3	9
20	Gary	77	↑8	22
21	Keith	71	↓2	35
22	Kenneth	68	↑3	16
23	Alan	64	–	50
24	Ronald	64	↓2	21
25	Craig	62	↑4	41
26	Timothy	61	↑6	11
27	Patrick	60	↓1	45
28	George	59	↓13	33
29	Raymond	58	↑11	46
30	Russell	57	↑5	56
31	Glenn	56	↑3	74
32	Randall	55	↑7	59
33	Darren	54	↑14	>100
34	Wayne	53	↓7	58
35	Darryl	52	new	96
36	Peter	52	↓6	42
37	Edward	50	↓16	26
38	Douglas	49	–	30
39	Anthony	48	↓8	25
40	Stephen	46	↓4	27
41	Dean	45	↓4	94
42	Donald	45	↓9	19
43	Guy	44	↓1	>100
44	Lance	44	new	>100
45	Dennis	42	new	31
46	Jon	42	↓3	97
47	Christopher	39	↓6	29
48	Henry	38	new	84
49	Randy	38	new	32
50	Rodney	38	↓5	68

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