Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1970

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1970 were Michelle for girls (157 babies) and Michael for boys (267). Michelle ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,807 babies born in Hawaii in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1970

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

Girls

Maile: 23 babies, 162× the national rate
Malia: 27 babies, 144.9× the national rate
Leilani: 41 babies, 110.9× the national rate
Desiree: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Rochelle: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Shari: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joy: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sheryl: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vanessa: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marie: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Reid: 28 babies, 37.9× the national rate
Sheldon: 16 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Ryan: 63 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Garrett: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Guy: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ian: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kyle: 39 babies, 4× the national rate
Derek: 56 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dean: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michelle	157	–	4
2	Jennifer	132	↑2	1
3	Lisa	132	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	126	↓1	3
5	Shannon	68	↑15	22
6	Julie	66	↑9	11
7	Christine	61	↓1	14
8	Dawn	60	↑3	16
9	Denise	59	–	36
10	Cheryl	54	↑12	44
11	Heather	54	↑18	19
12	Tammy	52	↓5	8
13	Wendy	52	↓5	28
14	Laura	50	↓2	13
15	Melissa	50	↑3	7
16	Michele	50	↓11	31
17	Susan	50	↓3	15
18	Elizabeth	49	↓2	18
19	Tina	48	↑13	21
20	Lori	47	↓7	23
21	Stephanie	46	↑7	17
22	Mary	43	↓12	9
23	Amy	41	↓4	5
24	Leilani	41	↑2	>100
25	Tracy	41	↓1	10
26	Christina	39	new	35
27	Kelly	39	↓10	20
28	Renee	39	↓7	68
29	Angela	37	↑2	6
30	Cynthia	37	↓3	25
31	Karen	35	↓8	12
32	Nicole	34	↑16	30
33	Donna	33	↑4	32
34	Stacey	31	new	48
35	Andrea	28	new	43
36	Cindy	28	↑3	72
37	Patricia	28	↓7	24
38	Malia	27	↑2	>100
39	Sarah	27	new	65
40	Stacy	27	↑2	42
41	Catherine	26	↑2	59
42	Kathleen	26	↓17	45
43	Tanya	25	↑7	76
44	Vanessa	25	new	>100
45	Jessica	24	new	98
46	Pamela	24	↓10	26
47	Robin	24	new	51
48	Sandra	24	↓15	27
49	Ann	23	new	62
50	Gina	23	↓5	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	267	–	1
2	David	217	–	3
3	John	185	↑1	4
4	James	173	↑1	2
5	Robert	170	↓2	5
6	Jason	167	↑1	13
7	William	140	↑5	7
8	Mark	136	↓2	9
9	Kevin	127	↓1	14
10	Christopher	119	↑4	6
11	Eric	104	↑5	18
12	Richard	102	↓3	10
13	Scott	102	↓3	12
14	Joseph	95	↑1	16
15	Brian	85	↑2	8
16	Matthew	79	↑7	24
17	Jeffrey	76	↓4	11
18	Sean	76	↑4	37
19	Daniel	75	↓8	19
20	Paul	73	↓2	23
21	Thomas	70	↓1	17
22	Ryan	63	↑2	>100
23	Jonathan	62	↑25	42
24	Patrick	61	↓3	33
25	Edward	60	↑5	31
26	Todd	59	↑3	28
27	Charles	56	↑5	21
28	Derek	56	new	77
29	Anthony	55	↓4	22
30	Chad	54	↑7	51
31	Shane	54	↓4	64
32	Steven	54	↓13	15
33	George	50	↑6	40
34	Troy	47	↑1	41
35	Kenneth	45	↑1	25
36	Stephen	44	↓2	27
37	Craig	43	↑9	39
38	Lance	42	↓7	76
39	Donald	41	new	30
40	Gregory	41	↑1	26
41	Dean	40	new	>100
42	Peter	40	↑7	44
43	Shawn	40	new	34
44	Kyle	39	new	>100
45	Aaron	37	↓2	52
46	Keith	36	↓18	38
47	Ronald	36	↓21	29
48	Andrew	34	↓8	32
49	Darren	32	↓16	75
50	Dennis	32	–	46

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