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Baby names in Hawaii, 1950s

1950–1959 · 127,150 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Hawaii across the 1950s, with 2,783 births in the decade. The state recorded 127,150 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Hawaii in the 1950s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Maile4299×
Kimo2191×
Raynette6388×
Leilani17966×
Lei3865×
Blossom3351×
Leighton7848×
Lani16346×

Top 25 in the 1950s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael2,783
#2Robert2,092
#3John1,955
#4David1,857
#5James1,700
#6William1,516
#7Richard1,341
#8Susan1,331
#9Karen1,243
#10Linda1,208
#11Mark1,122
#12Debra1,121
#13Gary1,067
#14Patricia1,036
#15Wayne1,011
#16Steven965
#17Sandra956
#18Donna944
#19Cynthia940
#20Thomas939
#21Paul918
#22Sharon914
#23Mary880
#24Glenn845
#25Brian840

Other decades in Hawaii

All Hawaii names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org