Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1961

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1961 were Lisa for girls (183 babies) and Michael for boys (281). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,569 babies born in Hawaii in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1961

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, 86.9× the national rate
Lani: 17 babies, 56.3× the national rate
Loriann: 15 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Iris: 29 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Claire: 20 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Nadine: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Naomi: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Faith: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Roxanne: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Bernadette: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 17 babies, 15× the national rate
Colin: 15 babies, 12× the national rate
Derek: 57 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Clayton: 37 babies, 9× the national rate
Jason: 27 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Lance: 45 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Terence: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ross: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Wendell: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Guy: 39 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	183	↑4	2
2	Donna	119	–	7
3	Lori	115	↑3	14
4	Susan	112	↓3	3
5	Mary	102	↑3	1
6	Sandra	96	↓2	9
7	Karen	93	↓4	5
8	Deborah	87	↑13	10
9	Cheryl	86	↑4	20
10	Linda	84	↓3	4
11	Laurie	75	↓1	43
12	Wendy	74	↑6	61
13	Cynthia	70	↓4	8
14	Sharon	70	↑2	17
15	Patricia	65	↓4	6
16	Tammy	65	↑1	28
17	Elizabeth	64	↑7	19
18	Debra	63	↓6	13
19	Laura	58	↓4	21
20	Kathleen	57	↑2	29
21	Carol	53	↑4	24
22	Tracy	51	↑13	64
23	Cindy	49	↓3	33
24	Denise	49	↑15	30
25	Diane	49	↑15	26
26	Valerie	47	↓3	67
27	Brenda	46	↓13	11
28	Pamela	45	↓2	15
29	Julie	44	↓10	23
30	Robin	43	↓2	27
31	Michelle	42	↑15	34
32	Stephanie	42	↑18	78
33	Teresa	42	↓4	18
34	Ann	41	↑4	54
35	Debbie	40	↓4	31
36	Janice	37	↑1	52
37	Tina	35	new	41
38	Kathy	34	↓4	25
39	Barbara	33	↓12	12
40	Kimberly	33	↑5	22
41	Lynn	33	↓8	71
42	Catherine	32	↓6	48
43	Jacqueline	32	new	37
44	Roxanne	31	↑3	>100
45	Christine	30	new	39
46	Joann	30	new	>100
47	Terri	30	new	51
48	Cathy	29	new	55
49	Dawn	29	new	49
50	Iris	29	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	281	–	1
2	John	232	↑1	3
3	David	226	↓1	2
4	Mark	212	↑1	6
5	Robert	197	↓1	5
6	James	191	–	4
7	William	145	–	7
8	Kevin	134	↑3	14
9	Richard	122	↓1	8
10	Brian	119	↓1	20
11	Paul	116	↑1	18
12	Thomas	107	↑7	9
13	Steven	105	↓3	10
14	Gary	96	↑6	21
15	Jeffrey	91	↑1	11
16	Scott	90	↑1	19
17	Charles	88	↓4	13
18	Daniel	86	↓4	17
19	Joseph	78	↓1	12
20	Kenneth	77	↑2	16
21	Eric	74	↓6	38
22	Glenn	69	↑9	64
23	Alan	66	–	51
24	Ronald	65	–	24
25	George	62	↑3	31
26	Keith	62	↓5	35
27	Patrick	62	–	39
28	Dean	60	↑13	84
29	Anthony	58	↑10	25
30	Derek	57	new	>100
31	Donald	56	↑11	22
32	Darryl	55	↑3	80
33	Edward	53	↑4	29
34	Gregory	53	new	23
35	Russell	50	↓5	55
36	Christopher	49	↑11	26
37	Craig	49	↓12	43
38	Lance	45	↑6	>100
39	Peter	43	↓3	42
40	Henry	42	↑8	92
41	Jon	42	↑5	93
42	Matthew	42	new	59
43	Rodney	42	↑7	72
44	Stephen	42	↓4	27
45	Timothy	40	↓19	15
46	Guy	39	↓3	>100
47	Andrew	38	new	52
48	Randall	38	↓16	63
49	Clayton	37	new	>100
50	Larry	37	new	30

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