Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1976

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (232 babies) and Michael for boys (230). Social Security records list 10,827 babies born in Hawaii in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1976

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: 22 babies, 161.8× the national rate
Malia: 42 babies, 124.2× the national rate
Leilani: 35 babies, 79.6× the national rate
Desiree: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Janice: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Summer: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tracie: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shawna: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Joy: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Robyn: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Kawika: 16 babies, 225.1× the national rate
Reid: 17 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Sheldon: 20 babies, 13× the national rate
Dean: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Grant: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Brandon: 108 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lance: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Isaac: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wayne: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Glenn: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	232	–	1
2	Michelle	111	–	6
3	Kimberly	83	–	7
4	Lisa	75	↑3	9
5	Christina	72	–	14
6	Jessica	68	–	8
7	Nicole	67	↑3	13
8	Melissa	65	↓4	3
9	Dawn	61	↑4	35
10	Jamie	60	↑16	18
11	Shannon	59	↑3	17
12	Angela	53	↓4	5
13	Christine	51	↓4	26
14	Heather	49	↓2	4
15	Kelly	46	↑5	19
16	Malia	42	↓1	>100
17	Melanie	40	↑15	53
18	Stephanie	40	↓2	11
19	Elizabeth	39	–	16
20	Jaime	39	new	29
21	Amy	38	↓10	2
22	Carrie	36	↑14	28
23	Leilani	35	↑19	>100
24	Michele	35	↓3	63
25	Wendy	35	↓3	39
26	Erin	33	↓2	24
27	Lori	33	↑11	47
28	Tiffany	32	↑12	32
29	Karen	31	↓4	31
30	Brandy	29	↓7	55
31	Laura	29	new	20
32	Sarah	29	↓4	15
33	Rachel	28	new	23
34	Amanda	26	↑9	10
35	Mary	26	↑4	22
36	Catherine	25	↑10	72
37	Cheryl	25	↓19	>100
38	Joy	25	↓1	>100
39	Christy	24	↑2	60
40	Denise	24	↑9	69
41	Monica	24	new	45
42	Tanya	23	↓25	61
43	Andrea	22	↓8	25
44	Dana	22	new	64
45	Danielle	22	↓12	33
46	Katherine	22	↑4	57
47	Maile	22	↓17	>100
48	Tracy	22	↓17	37
49	April	21	new	30
50	Janice	21	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	230	–	1
2	Jason	182	–	2
3	Christopher	175	–	3
4	David	167	–	4
5	John	142	–	6
6	Ryan	132	↑2	16
7	James	131	↓1	5
8	Robert	127	↓1	7
9	Brandon	108	↑6	40
10	Daniel	94	–	10
11	William	94	↓2	11
12	Chad	87	↑4	29
13	Joseph	86	↑5	12
14	Kevin	86	↓2	15
15	Mark	81	↑7	25
16	Matthew	80	↑3	9
17	Eric	71	↓4	13
18	Brian	70	↓7	8
19	Sean	69	↑2	42
20	Aaron	67	↑7	30
21	Jonathan	67	↓1	31
22	Jeremy	64	↑4	14
23	Jeffrey	63	↑2	17
24	Scott	59	↓7	24
25	Joshua	58	↓1	18
26	Paul	58	↑6	28
27	Charles	54	↑7	26
28	Edward	54	↑9	45
29	Richard	53	↓15	19
30	Thomas	53	↑5	23
31	Shawn	52	↓1	34
32	Shane	51	↓1	57
33	Anthony	49	↓10	22
34	Justin	49	↑4	33
35	Nathan	45	↑12	39
36	Steven	45	↓7	20
37	Benjamin	40	↑9	32
38	Kyle	36	↑2	80
39	Randy	35	↑6	79
40	Bryan	33	new	43
41	Travis	33	new	46
42	Peter	32	new	54
43	Douglas	31	new	56
44	Samuel	30	↓3	59
45	Andrew	29	↓3	27
46	Patrick	29	↓18	41
47	Ronald	28	↑3	49
48	Keith	27	↓9	48
49	Stephen	27	↓5	37
50	Todd	27	new	50

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