Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1968

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1968 were Michelle for girls (153 babies) and Michael for boys (252). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,430 babies born in Hawaii in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1968

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: 29 babies, 90.5× the national rate
Jan: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Desiree: 20 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Nadine: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Grace: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Roxanne: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Rochelle: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Joann: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Vanessa: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Charlene: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Ryan: 73 babies, 10× the national rate
Robin: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Grant: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Guy: 29 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lance: 45 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ross: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Alfred: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nathan: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alexander: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kyle: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michelle	153	↑1	2
2	Lisa	134	↓1	1
3	Kimberly	80	–	3
4	Jennifer	76	↑6	4
5	Christine	75	↓1	14
6	Laura	65	↑18	11
7	Tammy	61	↑1	8
8	Michele	60	↑13	29
9	Wendy	55	↑5	31
10	Susan	53	↓3	10
11	Denise	48	↑1	35
12	Melissa	47	↑29	5
13	Kelly	46	↑16	12
14	Lori	44	↓5	22
15	Sandra	44	↑1	26
16	Angela	43	↑11	7
17	Dawn	42	↑3	21
18	Julie	42	↓1	16
19	Karen	42	↓14	9
20	Donna	40	↓14	24
21	Mary	39	↓10	6
22	Patricia	39	↓3	15
23	Deborah	37	↑3	27
24	Cynthia	34	↑4	19
25	Elizabeth	33	↓10	17
26	Pamela	33	↓4	20
27	Robin	33	new	43
28	Tracy	33	↓15	25
29	Cheryl	32	↓11	37
30	Debra	32	↑12	38
31	Renee	32	↑5	65
32	Kathleen	31	new	40
33	Stephanie	31	↓8	23
34	Tina	31	↓1	18
35	Ann	30	new	54
36	Linda	30	↓6	28
37	Lynn	30	↓14	85
38	Leilani	29	new	>100
39	Cindy	28	↓2	67
40	Gina	28	new	58
41	Sharon	27	↑3	32
42	Diane	25	↑4	51
43	Paula	24	new	45
44	Brenda	23	↑6	34
45	Carolyn	23	new	61
46	Joann	23	new	>100
47	Kim	23	–	57
48	Nancy	23	new	39
49	Theresa	23	new	47
50	Melanie	22	↓2	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	252	–	1
2	David	184	–	2
3	John	182	–	3
4	James	156	↑1	4
5	Robert	153	↓1	5
6	Mark	138	–	7
7	William	115	–	6
8	Christopher	110	↑14	9
9	Kevin	107	↓1	17
10	Scott	91	–	14
11	Joseph	90	↑13	16
12	Brian	88	↑2	10
13	Jason	77	↑2	47
14	Eric	76	↓2	22
15	Richard	75	↓6	8
16	Charles	74	↑7	20
17	Daniel	73	↓6	18
18	Ryan	73	↑11	>100
19	Steven	70	↓2	15
20	Paul	68	↓4	19
21	Sean	68	↑5	37
22	Jeffrey	67	↓4	11
23	Thomas	64	↓10	12
24	Patrick	60	↓4	30
25	Matthew	58	↑7	24
26	Anthony	55	↓7	21
27	Edward	55	↑6	31
28	Todd	53	↑8	28
29	Craig	52	new	41
30	Andrew	48	↑4	34
31	Gary	46	↑6	32
32	Peter	46	↑12	39
33	Lance	45	↑10	>100
34	Ronald	44	↓7	25
35	Stephen	44	–	27
36	Timothy	43	↓15	13
37	Dean	41	↓9	78
38	Jon	41	–	65
39	Keith	41	↓9	35
40	George	39	↓15	36
41	Kenneth	38	↓10	23
42	Douglas	37	–	33
43	Rodney	34	↑7	42
44	Russell	34	↑3	56
45	Darren	33	↓5	60
46	Aaron	32	new	87
47	Troy	32	new	40
48	Wayne	32	new	63
49	Raymond	31	↓4	50
50	Donald	30	↓2	29

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