Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1966

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1966 were Lisa for girls (180 babies) and Michael for boys (234). Social Security records list 10,964 babies born in Hawaii in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1966

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

Girls

Malia: 20 babies, 168.4× the national rate
Leilani: 23 babies, 92.3× the national rate
Loriann: 17 babies, 38.6× the national rate
Naomi: 16 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Desiree: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Roxanne: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rochelle: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jan: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
June: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Garrett: 16 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Ryan: 60 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Clayton: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lance: 49 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ross: 24 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Guy: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Derek: 40 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Nathan: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jason: 61 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Edwin: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	180	–	1
2	Michelle	115	↑19	4
3	Kimberly	84	↑2	2
4	Susan	78	↓2	6
5	Michele	75	↑20	36
6	Karen	66	↓2	5
7	Lori	65	↓4	21
8	Sandra	64	–	17
9	Mary	63	↑3	3
10	Tammy	62	–	8
11	Deborah	61	↑11	14
12	Wendy	61	↓6	41
13	Cheryl	59	↓2	34
14	Christine	59	↑2	20
15	Jennifer	58	↑2	10
16	Cynthia	53	↑3	11
17	Tracy	47	↑22	31
18	Pamela	46	↓3	15
19	Julie	45	↓5	13
20	Patricia	45	↓11	7
21	Dawn	44	↑9	24
22	Denise	44	↓4	32
23	Donna	44	↓16	12
24	Laurie	42	↑9	63
25	Sharon	41	↑9	28
26	Kathleen	40	–	37
27	Elizabeth	38	↓14	16
28	Jill	38	↑7	49
29	Cindy	37	↑17	56
30	Kelly	37	↓3	26
31	Debra	36	↓3	35
32	Renee	35	↓8	66
33	Melissa	32	↑9	22
34	Darlene	31	new	94
35	Andrea	30	new	52
36	Angela	29	new	9
37	Linda	29	↓17	18
38	Stephanie	29	–	38
39	Diane	28	↑8	45
40	Jacqueline	28	new	47
41	Kim	28	new	43
42	Ann	27	new	61
43	Gina	27	new	58
44	Laura	27	↓21	19
45	Nancy	27	↓2	33
46	Carolyn	26	↓5	60
47	Maria	26	new	44
48	Theresa	26	↑1	46
49	Amy	25	new	30
50	Carol	25	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	234	–	1
2	David	191	↑2	2
3	John	184	↓1	4
4	Robert	176	↓1	5
5	James	139	–	3
6	Richard	115	↑4	8
7	William	115	↑2	6
8	Mark	111	↓2	7
9	Kevin	104	↓1	17
10	Joseph	101	↑3	15
11	Christopher	98	↑5	12
12	Brian	90	↑6	14
13	Scott	86	↓2	16
14	Daniel	82	↓2	19
15	Paul	81	↓8	18
16	Jeffrey	79	↑1	9
17	Eric	77	↑2	25
18	Patrick	72	↑2	31
19	Jason	61	↑3	89
20	Timothy	61	↑26	11
21	Ryan	60	↑20	>100
22	Steven	60	↓8	13
23	Edward	59	↑2	30
24	Darren	58	–	63
25	Gary	58	↑1	28
26	Thomas	58	↓11	10
27	Alan	54	↑15	57
28	Kenneth	54	↑1	21
29	Ronald	51	↑3	24
30	Todd	51	↑15	29
31	Anthony	50	–	22
32	Dean	50	↑1	84
33	Lance	49	↓3	>100
34	Matthew	48	↑9	34
35	Charles	47	↓14	20
36	Craig	46	↓2	46
37	Keith	46	↓14	32
38	Sean	46	↑6	50
39	Jon	41	new	76
40	Dennis	40	new	44
41	Derek	40	↓4	>100
42	Stephen	40	↓7	26
43	Wayne	40	↑6	59
44	George	38	↓17	37
45	Douglas	36	↓9	33
46	Peter	35	↓18	39
47	Aaron	34	new	>100
48	Andrew	34	new	36
49	Raymond	34	new	47
50	Gregory	33	↓12	23

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