Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1974

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (203 babies) and Michael for boys (232). Social Security records list 10,433 babies born in Hawaii in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1974

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: 41 babies, 135.5× the national rate
Maile: 22 babies, 128.5× the national rate
Leilani: 37 babies, 94.5× the national rate
Grace: 19 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Naomi: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Frances: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cheryl: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joy: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynn: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Renee: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Keola: 18 babies, 238× the national rate
Reid: 26 babies, 41.9× the national rate
Damien: 22 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Grant: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lance: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Francis: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Glenn: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dwayne: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wade: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	203	–	1
2	Michelle	104	–	3
3	Kimberly	97	–	6
4	Lisa	83	–	8
5	Melissa	63	–	7
6	Heather	60	↑2	4
7	Shannon	59	↑19	18
8	Angela	58	↑5	5
9	Lori	57	↑16	30
10	Christina	54	–	16
11	Dawn	54	–	22
12	Stephanie	51	↑5	9
13	Jessica	46	↑27	17
14	Christine	45	↓8	19
15	Malia	41	–	>100
16	Melanie	41	↓7	51
17	Amy	39	↑7	2
18	Nicole	39	↓11	11
19	Tanya	39	↑16	46
20	Cheryl	37	↓8	88
21	Elizabeth	37	↓7	12
22	Leilani	37	↑1	>100
23	Tammy	36	↓1	24
24	Julie	35	↓8	14
25	Rebecca	35	↑8	10
26	Rachel	34	new	36
27	Tiffany	34	new	41
28	Tina	34	↑1	25
29	Erin	32	new	47
30	Michele	32	↓9	50
31	Denise	31	↓12	53
32	Kelly	31	↓1	15
33	Mary	30	↓5	13
34	Renee	30	↓7	85
35	Joy	29	new	>100
36	Susan	28	↑14	27
37	Brandy	27	↑1	80
38	Danielle	27	new	40
39	Wendy	27	↓21	32
40	Andrea	26	↑2	35
41	Karen	26	↓21	26
42	Carrie	25	↓3	42
43	Katherine	24	↓2	62
44	Tracy	24	new	23
45	Laura	23	↓9	21
46	Stacy	23	new	38
47	Maile	22	↓10	>100
48	Theresa	22	new	79
49	Christie	21	new	>100
50	Cindy	21	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	232	–	1
2	Jason	223	–	2
3	Christopher	176	↑2	3
4	David	153	–	4
5	John	133	↓2	6
6	Robert	129	–	7
7	James	121	↑1	5
8	Daniel	108	↑7	11
9	Ryan	97	↓2	25
10	William	96	–	10
11	Brian	92	↓2	8
12	Kevin	86	↑1	14
13	Matthew	82	↑3	9
14	Joseph	76	↑4	12
15	Chad	74	↓3	26
16	Richard	72	↓5	17
17	Mark	71	–	16
18	Scott	69	↓4	18
19	Jeffrey	68	↑3	15
20	Brandon	67	↑20	51
21	Charles	67	↑5	23
22	Paul	64	↑8	27
23	Jonathan	62	–	33
24	Shane	60	↓5	56
25	Thomas	60	–	20
26	Eric	56	↓5	13
27	Anthony	55	↑4	21
28	Steven	51	–	19
29	Sean	49	↓9	37
30	Aaron	45	↓3	32
31	George	44	↑2	49
32	Joshua	43	↑7	29
33	Andrew	40	↑5	28
34	Patrick	40	↓5	38
35	Ronald	40	↑9	42
36	Jeremy	38	↑11	24
37	Shawn	38	↓13	30
38	Nathan	37	↓2	52
39	Benjamin	36	↑11	46
40	Keith	36	↓6	44
41	Justin	35	new	43
42	Stephen	35	new	35
43	Peter	33	–	50
44	Kyle	32	↓3	97
45	Edward	31	↓13	40
46	Kenneth	31	↓11	34
47	Raymond	30	new	62
48	Timothy	30	↓11	22
49	Jon	29	new	94
50	Jesse	28	↓2	67

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