Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1962

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1962 were Lisa for girls (169 babies) and Michael for boys (289). Social Security records list 13,925 babies born in Hawaii in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1962

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: 15 babies, 52.7× the national rate
Leilani: 19 babies, 50.2× the national rate
Naomi: 27 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Lorna: 21 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Corinne: 21 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Iris: 21 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Desiree: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Nadine: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lynette: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Miles: 23 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Colin: 16 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Jason: 51 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Derek: 49 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lance: 61 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Nathan: 39 babies, 7× the national rate
Clayton: 25 babies, 7× the national rate
Ivan: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Alexander: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Guy: 40 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	169	–	1
2	Karen	128	↑5	4
3	Donna	106	↓1	7
4	Susan	99	–	3
5	Lori	88	↓2	11
6	Linda	86	↑4	5
7	Deborah	83	↑1	9
8	Mary	82	↓3	2
9	Cheryl	78	–	24
10	Sandra	76	↓4	10
11	Sharon	72	↑3	17
12	Patricia	69	↑3	6
13	Michelle	65	↑18	31
14	Cynthia	63	↓1	8
15	Debbie	58	↑20	32
16	Tammy	57	–	23
17	Elizabeth	55	–	20
18	Kathleen	55	↑2	29
19	Debra	54	↓1	15
20	Renee	54	new	76
21	Wendy	52	↓9	64
22	Kathy	51	↑16	27
23	Cindy	50	–	34
24	Kimberly	50	↑16	16
25	Valerie	50	↑1	67
26	Laura	49	↓7	21
27	Tracy	49	↓5	55
28	Laurie	48	↓17	42
29	Darlene	47	new	88
30	Pamela	47	↓2	13
31	Teresa	47	↑2	18
32	Kelly	45	new	38
33	Carol	44	↓12	28
34	Barbara	43	↑5	14
35	Janice	43	↑1	58
36	Lynn	43	↑5	71
37	Brenda	42	↓10	12
38	Diane	41	↓13	26
39	Stephanie	41	↓7	70
40	Christine	40	↑5	39
41	Denise	40	↓17	30
42	Julie	40	↓13	22
43	Jennifer	39	new	41
44	Nancy	38	new	19
45	Annette	37	new	75
46	Theresa	36	new	40
47	Catherine	35	↓5	53
48	Ann	34	↓14	56
49	Colleen	34	new	>100
50	Joann	34	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	289	–	1
2	David	248	↑1	2
3	John	218	↓1	3
4	Robert	209	↑1	5
5	Mark	199	↓1	6
6	James	181	–	4
7	William	138	–	7
8	Kevin	123	–	14
9	Brian	115	↑1	20
10	Richard	113	↓1	8
11	Scott	105	↑5	11
12	Jeffrey	102	↑3	10
13	Steven	95	–	12
14	Gary	90	–	22
15	Joseph	90	↑4	13
16	Paul	89	↓5	19
17	Charles	82	–	15
18	Eric	81	↑3	33
19	Thomas	81	↓7	9
20	Daniel	80	↓2	17
21	Kenneth	79	↓1	18
22	Glenn	78	–	55
23	Jon	71	↑18	84
24	Patrick	67	↑3	40
25	Anthony	65	↑4	24
26	Lance	61	↑12	>100
27	Alan	60	↓4	53
28	George	59	↓3	32
29	Christopher	57	↑7	26
30	Craig	57	↑7	51
31	Edward	57	↑2	29
32	Gregory	57	↑2	21
33	Timothy	57	↑12	16
34	Keith	56	↓8	36
35	Dean	55	↓7	86
36	Ronald	54	↓12	25
37	Russell	54	↓2	57
38	Jason	51	new	>100
39	Derek	49	↓9	>100
40	Randall	49	↑8	64
41	Darryl	47	↓9	83
42	Andrew	46	↑5	49
43	Curtis	45	new	73
44	Stephen	45	–	28
45	Donald	43	↓14	23
46	Lawrence	43	new	70
47	Peter	41	↓8	43
48	Raymond	41	new	48
49	Wayne	41	new	63
50	Guy	40	↓4	>100

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