Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1971

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (166 babies) and Michael for boys (236). Social Security records list 10,955 babies born in Hawaii in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1971

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: 34 babies, 173.6× the national rate
Maile: 16 babies, 156.5× the national rate
Leilani: 37 babies, 108.6× the national rate
Rochelle: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Roxanne: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cheryl: 78 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Joy: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Janice: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tracie: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jenny: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Donovan: 16 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Grant: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Garrett: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Guy: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jacob: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ian: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dean: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ryan: 90 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kyle: 40 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	166	↑1	1
2	Michelle	139	↓1	2
3	Kimberly	103	↑1	4
4	Lisa	102	↓1	3
5	Cheryl	78	↑5	50
6	Dawn	62	↑2	14
7	Christine	54	–	18
8	Shannon	53	↓3	21
9	Melissa	50	↑6	7
10	Tammy	50	↑2	8
11	Denise	48	↓2	36
12	Wendy	48	↑1	29
13	Julie	44	↓7	10
14	Heather	43	↓3	12
15	Karen	43	↑16	15
16	Nicole	43	↑16	27
17	Lori	41	↑3	25
18	Angela	40	↑11	6
19	Michele	40	↓3	39
20	Amy	39	↑3	5
21	Laura	38	↓7	16
22	Andrea	37	↑13	35
23	Elizabeth	37	↓5	19
24	Leilani	37	–	>100
25	Tina	37	↓6	20
26	Mary	36	↓4	9
27	Susan	36	↓10	17
28	Malia	34	↑10	>100
29	Tracy	32	↓4	13
30	Christina	31	↓4	30
31	Renee	31	↓3	73
32	Cynthia	30	↓2	24
33	Jessica	30	↑12	64
34	Kelly	30	↓7	22
35	Patricia	30	↑2	26
36	Dana	28	new	44
37	Sarah	28	↑2	58
38	Stephanie	28	↓17	11
39	Heidi	27	new	77
40	Sandra	27	↑8	31
41	Kathleen	26	↑1	53
42	Melanie	26	new	66
43	Stacy	26	↓3	32
44	Catherine	23	↓3	65
45	Monica	23	new	48
46	Pamela	23	–	28
47	Rochelle	23	new	>100
48	Deborah	22	new	33
49	Erin	22	new	93
50	Gina	22	–	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	236	–	1
2	David	190	–	3
3	Jason	178	↑3	8
4	John	152	↓1	4
5	Christopher	148	↑5	6
6	Robert	146	↓1	5
7	James	141	↓3	2
8	Scott	114	↑5	10
9	Chad	107	↑21	29
10	William	100	↓3	7
11	Eric	98	–	18
12	Ryan	90	↑10	51
13	Kevin	89	↓4	14
14	Richard	89	↓2	11
15	Daniel	87	↑4	20
16	Paul	80	↑4	24
17	Brian	77	↓2	9
18	Joseph	77	↓4	15
19	Charles	76	↑8	22
20	Mark	76	↓12	13
21	Jeffrey	74	↓4	12
22	Matthew	64	↓6	19
23	Sean	64	↓5	36
24	Steven	61	↑8	16
25	Anthony	59	↑4	23
26	Edward	58	↓1	32
27	Shane	56	↑4	60
28	Jonathan	51	↓5	40
29	Todd	50	↓3	30
30	Kenneth	49	↑5	25
31	Thomas	48	↓10	17
32	Aaron	46	↑13	41
33	Patrick	46	↓9	35
34	Peter	43	↑8	47
35	Ronald	43	↑12	31
36	George	42	↓3	42
37	Gregory	41	↑3	26
38	Kyle	40	↑6	>100
39	Stephen	40	↓3	27
40	Timothy	40	new	21
41	Keith	39	↑5	37
42	Lance	39	↓4	98
43	Gary	37	new	38
44	Shawn	36	↓1	28
45	Henry	35	new	>100
46	Alan	34	new	99
47	Douglas	34	new	39
48	Jon	34	new	78
49	Dean	33	↓8	>100
50	Troy	33	↓16	46

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