Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1972

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (180 babies) and Michael for boys (234). Social Security records list 10,496 babies born in Hawaii in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1972

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: 45 babies, 169× the national rate
Leilani: 25 babies, 89.9× the national rate
Shari: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Roxanne: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Desiree: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Caroline: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Joann: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Shirley: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cheryl: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shawna: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 18 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Nelson: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dean: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alexander: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clifford: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shane: 68 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Glenn: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wayne: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kyle: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lance: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	180	–	1
2	Michelle	128	–	2
3	Lisa	116	↑1	3
4	Kimberly	99	↓1	4
5	Nicole	65	↑11	10
6	Cheryl	58	↓1	56
7	Wendy	54	↑5	29
8	Christine	52	↓1	16
9	Melissa	51	–	7
10	Dawn	50	↓4	20
11	Julie	50	↑2	12
12	Michele	46	↑7	36
13	Malia	45	↑15	>100
14	Lori	44	↑3	28
15	Heather	43	↓1	9
16	Melanie	43	↑26	42
17	Mary	37	↑9	13
18	Tammy	36	↓8	11
19	Elizabeth	35	↑4	15
20	Angela	34	↓2	6
21	Christina	34	↑9	26
22	Cynthia	34	↑10	25
23	Tracy	34	↑6	19
24	Amy	33	↓4	5
25	Jessica	31	↑8	46
26	Laura	31	↓5	17
27	Kelly	30	↑7	23
28	Stephanie	30	↑10	8
29	Renee	29	↑2	77
30	Susan	29	↓3	24
31	Kathleen	28	↑10	57
32	Sandra	27	↑8	31
33	Shannon	27	↓25	22
34	Tiffany	27	new	61
35	Leilani	25	↓11	>100
36	Rebecca	25	new	14
37	Tina	25	↓12	18
38	Dana	24	↓2	52
39	Heidi	24	–	64
40	Janet	23	new	>100
41	Rachel	23	new	40
42	Stacey	23	new	41
43	Catherine	22	↑1	65
44	Danielle	22	new	73
45	Leslie	22	new	75
46	Robin	22	new	55
47	Stacy	22	↓4	33
48	Tanya	22	new	54
49	Denise	21	↓38	35
50	Karen	21	↓35	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	234	–	1
2	Jason	166	↑1	7
3	Christopher	165	↑2	2
4	David	159	↓2	4
5	John	153	↓1	5
6	Robert	146	–	6
7	James	131	–	3
8	Chad	100	↑1	25
9	Richard	100	↑5	14
10	Brian	98	↑7	8
11	Scott	92	↓3	11
12	Matthew	90	↑10	10
13	Kevin	89	–	13
14	Ryan	88	↓2	39
15	William	87	↓5	9
16	Sean	81	↑7	33
17	Jeffrey	77	↑4	17
18	Paul	73	↓2	24
19	Daniel	72	↓4	15
20	Eric	71	↓9	16
21	Steven	70	↑3	19
22	Mark	69	↓2	18
23	Shane	68	↑4	55
24	Charles	64	↓5	23
25	Joseph	63	↓7	12
26	Thomas	57	↑5	20
27	Edward	53	↓1	34
28	Patrick	51	↑5	35
29	Jonathan	49	↓1	37
30	Aaron	48	↑2	40
31	Ronald	47	↑4	32
32	Brandon	43	new	63
33	George	43	↑3	44
34	Joshua	41	new	59
35	Kenneth	41	↓5	27
36	Troy	37	↑14	49
37	Benjamin	36	new	64
38	Keith	36	↑3	38
39	Anthony	35	↓14	22
40	Gregory	35	↓3	26
41	Todd	35	↓12	31
42	Shawn	34	↑2	28
43	Stephen	34	↓4	29
44	Craig	33	new	46
45	Peter	33	↓11	48
46	Timothy	32	↓6	21
47	Wayne	32	new	>100
48	Jon	31	–	89
49	Alexander	30	new	>100
50	Gary	30	↓7	41

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