State roster

Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,351 Hawaii births in 1912 across 122 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Hawaii more than they say America.

#13Shizukooutside the national top 200
#18Masaooutside the national top 200
#20Harukooutside the national top 200
#22Kimikooutside the national top 200
#23Lilyoutside the national top 200
#24Masakooutside the national top 200
#26Masatooutside the national top 200
#27Mitsuooutside the national top 200
#28Shigeruoutside the national top 200
#29Shizueoutside the national top 200
#33Takeooutside the national top 200
#34Ceciliaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary62US #1
#2Alice33US #11
#3Helen32US #2
#4Rose32US #15
#5Margaret26US #4
#6Elizabeth19US #8
#7Julia16US #44
#8Lillian16US #14
#9Annie15US #27
#10Dorothy15US #3
#11Agnes14US #40
#12Mildred14US #6
#13Shizuko14
#14Florence13US #12
#15Elsie12US #42
#16Esther12US #33
#17Ethel12US #18
#18Beatrice11US #37
#19Katherine11US #53
#20Haruko10
#21Hazel10US #25
#22Kimiko10
#23Lily10
#24Masako10
#25Ruth10US #5
#26Doris9US #48
#27Emily9US #105
#28Sarah9US #41
#29Shizue9
#30Thelma9US #26
#31Violet9US #83
#32Anna8US #7
#33Catherine8US #21
#34Cecilia8
#35Chiyoko8
#36Edith8US #31
#37Edna8US #16
#38Gladys8US #19
#39Irene8US #22
#40Nancy8US #108
#41Betty7US #66
#42Eleanor7US #39
#43Emma7US #35
#44Ida7US #45
#45Marie7US #10
#46Yoshiko7
#47Adeline6US #172
#48Caroline6US #139
#49Clara6US #34
#50Ellen6US #86
#51Gertrude6US #30
#52Grace6US #24
#53Hilda6US #104
#54Hisako6
#55Minnie6US #60
#56Ayako5
#57Barbara5US #102
#58Bernice5US #51
#59Evelyn5US #13
#60Fumiko5
#61Harriet5US #113
#62Henrietta5US #135
#63Jennie5US #81
#64Kimiyo5
#65Louise5US #17
#66Lucy5US #78
#67Martha5US #29
#68Sophie5US #117
#69Theresa5US #97
#70Tsuruko5
#71Yaeko5

Boys

#1John44US #1
#2George31US #6
#3Robert26US #4
#4Thomas23US #10
#5Edward22US #8
#6Richard22US #19
#7Henry21US #12
#8James21US #3
#9Charles20US #7
#10Joseph20US #5
#11William20US #2
#12Harold16US #13
#13Harry16US #16
#14Manuel16US #137
#15Albert13US #17
#16David13US #29
#17Frank12US #9
#18Masao12
#19Walter12US #11
#20Alfred11US #40
#21Francis10US #35
#22Louis10US #20
#23Arthur9US #15
#24Herbert9US #39
#25Joe9US #36
#26Masato9
#27Mitsuo9
#28Shigeru9
#29Ernest8US #32
#30Paul8US #14
#31Peter8US #48
#32Raymond8US #18
#33Takeo8
#34Alexander7US #97
#35Clarence7US #21
#36Hideo7
#37Masaru7
#38Hiroshi6
#39Kazuo6
#40Kiyoshi6
#41Ralph6US #23
#42Samuel6US #30
#43Toshio6
#44Yoshio6
#45Fred5US #26
#46Jack5US #28
#47Kenneth5US #33
#48Lawrence5US #38
#49Stanley5US #43
#50Tadashi5
#51Tsutomu5

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑38Mildred#12
↑26Hazel#21
↑21Agnes#11
↑21Elsie#15
↑19Elizabeth#6
↑19Haruko#20
↑18Masako#24
↑17Lily#23

Falling

↓44Louise#65
↓33Ayako#56
↓33Harriet#61
↓29Marie#45
↓29Lawrence#48
↓28Irene#39
↓27Samuel#42
↓26Martha#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.