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Baby names in Hawaii in the 1940s

In Hawaii in the 1940s the most given names were Robert (1,975 boys) and Patricia (1,373 girls), of 95,395 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Hawaii each year, the 1940s shaded
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Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251940-1949BoysGirls
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251940-1949BoysGirls
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251940-1949BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Hawaii, 1940-1949: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Hawaii, 1940s

Girls, 1940-1949
#NameBirths
1Patricia1,373
2Linda1,104
3Carol1,018
4Barbara971
5Sandra890
6Karen877
7Sharon847
8Mary788
9Susan710
10Kathleen547
11Shirley541
12Jean523
13Diane497
14Joyce485
15Gail468
16Judith464
17Jane454
18Elizabeth449
19Carolyn445
20Cynthia443
Boys, 1940-1949
#NameBirths
1Robert1,975
2James1,567
3John1,495
4Richard1,462
5Michael1,361
6Ronald1,323
7William1,260
8Dennis1,136
9George1,022
10David990
11Thomas906
12Kenneth870
13Gary846
14Wayne844
15Roy803
16Joseph793
17Charles740
18Edward719
19Glenn713
20Melvin693

Births summed over 1940-1949, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Hawaii in the 1940s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1940-1949.

More about names in Hawaii

  1. The 1940s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Hawaii: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Hawaii in the 1950sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1940The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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