Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1975

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (215 babies) and Michael for boys (233). Social Security records list 10,556 babies born in Hawaii in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1975

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: 29 babies, 156.1× the national rate
Malia: 38 babies, 130.6× the national rate
Leilani: 24 babies, 70.5× the national rate
Desiree: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Joanne: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Caroline: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cheryl: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joy: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trisha: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kathy: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Kalani: 15 babies, 168.5× the national rate
Reid: 19 babies, 29.8× the national rate
Sheldon: 20 babies, 14× the national rate
Dean: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Alexander: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Glenn: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Harry: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lance: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Edwin: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clifford: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	215	–	1
2	Michelle	111	–	6
3	Kimberly	91	–	7
4	Melissa	76	↑1	4
5	Christina	63	↑5	12
6	Jessica	63	↑7	13
7	Lisa	61	↓3	8
8	Angela	55	–	5
9	Christine	53	↑5	22
10	Nicole	53	↑8	10
11	Amy	50	↑6	2
12	Heather	45	↓6	3
13	Dawn	44	↓2	23
14	Shannon	39	↓7	21
15	Malia	38	–	>100
16	Stephanie	38	↓4	9
17	Tanya	38	↑2	50
18	Cheryl	36	↑2	97
19	Elizabeth	36	↑2	15
20	Kelly	36	↑12	16
21	Michele	36	↑9	56
22	Wendy	35	↑17	33
23	Brandy	33	↑14	57
24	Erin	33	↑5	38
25	Karen	33	↑16	27
26	Jamie	31	new	68
27	Julie	31	↓3	18
28	Sarah	30	new	17
29	Susan	30	↑7	32
30	Maile	29	↑17	>100
31	Tracy	29	↑13	24
32	Melanie	28	↓16	52
33	Danielle	27	↑5	42
34	Renee	26	–	87
35	Andrea	25	↑5	28
36	Carrie	25	↑6	29
37	Joy	25	↓2	>100
38	Lori	25	↓29	39
39	Mary	25	↓6	19
40	Tiffany	25	↓13	37
41	Christy	24	new	53
42	Leilani	24	↓20	>100
43	Amanda	23	new	14
44	Misty	23	new	47
45	Tammy	23	↓22	31
46	Catherine	22	new	73
47	Tara	22	new	41
48	Tina	22	↓20	35
49	Denise	21	↓18	64
50	Katherine	21	↓7	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	233	–	1
2	Jason	220	–	2
3	Christopher	192	–	3
4	David	152	–	5
5	John	147	–	7
6	James	126	↑1	4
7	Robert	118	↓1	6
8	Ryan	106	↑1	23
9	William	102	↑1	10
10	Daniel	93	↓2	11
11	Brian	89	–	8
12	Kevin	86	–	15
13	Eric	80	↑13	13
14	Richard	80	↑2	16
15	Brandon	78	↑5	44
16	Chad	77	↓1	27
17	Scott	76	↑1	17
18	Joseph	72	↓4	12
19	Matthew	72	↓6	9
20	Jonathan	70	↑3	30
21	Sean	70	↑8	40
22	Mark	65	↓5	19
23	Anthony	62	↑4	21
24	Joshua	62	↑8	26
25	Jeffrey	61	↓6	14
26	Jeremy	59	↑10	24
27	Aaron	55	↑3	32
28	Patrick	54	↑6	39
29	Steven	54	↓1	18
30	Shawn	53	↑7	31
31	Shane	52	↓7	57
32	Paul	51	↓10	29
33	Kenneth	50	↑13	35
34	Charles	47	↓13	25
35	Thomas	44	↓10	20
36	Jesse	39	↑14	64
37	Edward	38	↑8	41
38	Justin	37	↑3	37
39	Keith	37	↑1	49
40	Kyle	37	↑4	88
41	Samuel	37	new	61
42	Andrew	36	↓9	28
43	Alexander	35	new	>100
44	Stephen	35	↓2	34
45	Randy	34	new	78
46	Benjamin	33	↓7	36
47	Nathan	33	↓9	45
48	Dennis	32	new	59
49	Gary	31	new	50
50	Ronald	31	↓15	46

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