Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1973

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (233 babies) and Michael for boys (217). Social Security records list 10,395 babies born in Hawaii in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1973

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, 188× the national rate
Maile: 25 babies, 167.5× the national rate
Leilani: 36 babies, 94.9× the national rate
Rowena: 16 babies, 88.7× the national rate
Celeste: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Desiree: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Naomi: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Trisha: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rochelle: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shirley: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Reid: 15 babies, 32.2× the national rate
Garrett: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Grant: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ross: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Vernon: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dean: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Isaac: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Duane: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Clifford: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	233	–	1
2	Michelle	118	–	3
3	Kimberly	116	↑1	4
4	Lisa	91	↓1	5
5	Melissa	62	↑4	6
6	Christine	53	↑2	17
7	Nicole	52	↓2	11
8	Heather	48	↑7	8
9	Melanie	48	↑7	43
10	Christina	47	↑11	16
11	Dawn	47	↓1	21
12	Cheryl	46	↓6	74
13	Angela	45	↑7	7
14	Elizabeth	45	↑5	13
15	Malia	45	↓2	>100
16	Julie	44	↓5	12
17	Stephanie	44	↑11	9
18	Wendy	40	↓11	29
19	Denise	38	↑30	38
20	Karen	37	↑30	23
21	Michele	37	↓9	44
22	Tammy	37	↓4	15
23	Leilani	36	↑12	>100
24	Amy	35	–	2
25	Lori	35	↓11	28
26	Shannon	35	↑7	22
27	Renee	33	↑2	80
28	Mary	31	↓11	14
29	Tina	30	↑8	24
30	Catherine	28	↑13	67
31	Kelly	28	↓4	18
32	Patricia	28	new	27
33	Rebecca	28	↑3	10
34	Gina	26	new	83
35	Tanya	26	↑13	50
36	Laura	25	↓10	19
37	Maile	25	new	>100
38	Brandy	24	new	82
39	Carrie	24	new	46
40	Jessica	24	↓15	34
41	Katherine	24	new	64
42	Andrea	23	new	30
43	Heidi	23	↓4	65
44	Anna	20	new	86
45	Brenda	20	new	53
46	Cindy	20	new	92
47	Jill	20	new	62
48	Leslie	20	↓3	75
49	Sarah	20	new	35
50	Susan	20	↓20	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	217	–	1
2	Jason	179	–	3
3	John	172	↑2	6
4	David	155	–	5
5	Christopher	145	↓2	2
6	Robert	136	–	7
7	Ryan	109	↑7	30
8	James	105	↓1	4
9	Brian	104	↑1	8
10	William	97	↑5	9
11	Richard	87	↓2	16
12	Chad	83	↓4	25
13	Kevin	82	–	14
14	Scott	77	↓3	18
15	Daniel	76	↑4	11
16	Matthew	76	↓4	10
17	Mark	75	↑5	15
18	Joseph	72	↑7	12
19	Shane	69	↑4	54
20	Sean	63	↓4	36
21	Eric	62	↓1	13
22	Jeffrey	61	↓5	17
23	Jonathan	59	↑6	31
24	Shawn	59	↑18	27
25	Thomas	58	↑1	19
26	Charles	57	↓2	23
27	Aaron	56	↑3	34
28	Steven	53	↓7	20
29	Patrick	52	↓1	37
30	Paul	52	↓12	24
31	Anthony	48	↑8	21
32	Edward	48	↓5	39
33	George	45	–	46
34	Keith	44	↑4	41
35	Kenneth	43	–	28
36	Nathan	42	new	63
37	Timothy	39	↑9	22
38	Andrew	38	new	29
39	Joshua	37	↓5	42
40	Brandon	35	↓8	58
41	Kyle	35	new	>100
42	Jerry	34	new	57
43	Peter	34	↑2	52
44	Ronald	33	↓13	40
45	Todd	33	↓4	35
46	Bryan	30	new	43
47	Jeremy	30	new	33
48	Jesse	29	new	75
49	Troy	29	↓13	59
50	Benjamin	28	↓13	55

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