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Baby names in Hawaii in the 1950s

In Hawaii in the 1950s the most given names were Michael (2,783 boys) and Susan (1,331 girls), of 127,083 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Hawaii each year, the 1950s shaded
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251950-1959BoysGirls

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

Hawaii, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Hawaii, 1950s

Girls, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1Susan1,331
2Karen1,243
3Linda1,208
4Debra1,121
5Patricia1,036
6Sandra956
7Donna944
8Cynthia940
9Sharon914
10Mary880
11Deborah830
12Kathleen801
13Diane669
14Pamela669
15Carol663
16Gail648
17Barbara642
18Cheryl631
19Lynn617
20Valerie538
Boys, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1Michael2,783
2Robert2,092
3John1,955
4David1,857
5James1,700
6William1,516
7Richard1,341
8Mark1,122
9Gary1,067
10Wayne1,011
11Steven965
12Thomas939
13Paul918
14Glenn845
15Brian840
16Charles838
17Joseph838
18Alan748
19Ronald717
20Dennis699

Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Hawaii in the 1950s

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, 1950-1959.

More about names in Hawaii

  1. The 1950s 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 1960sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1950The 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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