State roster

Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,112 Hawaii births in 1916 across 276 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#9Tatsuooutside the national top 200
#14Masaooutside the national top 200
#17Shizueoutside the national top 200
#19Yoshikooutside the national top 200
#23Kiyokooutside the national top 200
#24Shizukooutside the national top 200
#26Masatooutside the national top 200
#27Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#30Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#31Shigeooutside the national top 200
#34Kazuooutside the national top 200
#36Harukooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary86US #1
#2Helen71US #2
#3Margaret66US #4
#4Dorothy65US #3
#5Rose49US #15
#6Elizabeth47US #8
#7Alice42US #13
#8Mildred40US #6
#9Violet38US #83
#10Lillian32US #16
#11Mabel31US #65
#12Elsie30US #48
#13Florence28US #14
#14Ruth28US #5
#15Beatrice27US #38
#16Doris27US #32
#17Shizue27
#18Gladys26US #22
#19Yoshiko26
#20Agnes25US #50
#21Edith24US #28
#22Julia24US #46
#23Kiyoko23
#24Shizuko23
#25Ellen22US #87
#26Ethel22US #25
#27Annie21US #36
#28Betty21US #44
#29Irene21US #17
#30Sarah21US #52
#31Thelma21US #29
#32Clara20US #39
#33Evelyn20US #11
#34Frances20US #9
#35Bertha19US #49
#36Haruko19
#37Masako19
#38Edna18US #19
#39Katherine18US #51
#40Kikue18
#41Chiyoko17
#42Emma17US #41
#43Esther17US #34
#44Hazel17US #31
#45Louise17US #18
#46Eva16US #55
#47Jane16US #62
#48Nancy16US #102
#49Bernice15US #42
#50Gertrude15US #35
#51Hilda15US #105
#52Lucy15US #84
#53Bessie14US #56
#54Eleanor14US #27
#55Harriet14US #106
#56Jean14US #45
#57Lily14
#58Matsuko14
#59Tsuruko14
#60Grace13US #26
#61Hatsuko13
#62Toshiko13
#63Virginia13US #10
#64Ayako12
#65Elaine12US #161
#66Emily12US #100
#67Ida12US #54
#68Kimiko12
#69Yoshie12
#70Flora11US #141
#71Gloria11
#72Martha11US #24
#73Yukie11
#74Charlotte10US #80
#75Janet10US #142
#76Marie10US #12
#77Misao10
#78Caroline9US #144
#79Fumie9
#80Laura9US #64
#81Marjorie9US #37
#82Shigeko9
#83Yaeko9
#84Anna8US #7
#85Asako8
#86Barbara8US #74
#87Cecilia8
#88Dora8US #124
#89Ella8US #81
#90Harue8
#91Josephine8US #21
#92Lucille8US #30
#93Mae8US #92
#94Nobuko8
#95Sadako8
#96Sueko8
#97Tatsuko8
#98Theresa8US #98
#99Vivian8US #77
#100Yukiko8

Boys

#1John112US #1
#2Joseph66US #5
#3George62US #7
#4Richard60US #15
#5James55US #3
#6William53US #2
#7Henry48US #14
#8Robert42US #4
#9Tatsuo41
#10Edward35US #8
#11Charles34US #6
#12Harry33US #19
#13Manuel33US #133
#14Masao33
#15David32US #28
#16Raymond29US #16
#17Ernest27US #36
#18Walter26US #11
#19Frank25US #9
#20Albert24US #17
#21Alfred24US #43
#22Thomas24US #10
#23Harold22US #13
#24Fred21US #29
#25Joe20US #35
#26Masato20
#27Yoshio20
#28Kenneth19US #27
#29Daniel18US #55
#30Kiyoshi18
#31Shigeo18
#32Clarence17US #24
#33Herbert17US #40
#34Kazuo17
#35Peter17US #50
#36Samuel17US #41
#37Toshio17
#38Hideo16
#39Minoru16
#40Anthony15US #37
#41Arthur15US #18
#42Hiroshi15
#43Paul15US #12
#44Shigeru15
#45Benjamin14US #79
#46Jack14US #26
#47Stanley13US #34
#48Yukio13
#49Isami12
#50Noboru12
#51Tadashi12
#52Francis11US #31
#53Louis11US #22
#54Philip11US #70
#55Sadao11
#56Haruo10
#57Isamu10
#58Kenichi10
#59Sam10US #74
#60Takeo10
#61Antone9
#62Eugene9US #39
#63Lawrence9US #38
#64Takeshi9
#65Tsutomu9
#66Eddie8US #114
#67Masaru8
#68Michael8US #44
#69Mitsuo8
#70Saburo8
#71Tom8US #139
#72Carl7US #23
#73Edwin7US #53
#74Herman7US #56
#75Mamoru7
#76Masaichi7
#77Masayuki7
#78Nobuo7
#79Satoru7
#80Shinichi7
#81Shizuo7
#82Tatsumi7
#83Teruo7
#84Tetsuo7
#85Theodore7US #65
#86Tony7US #132
#87Ah6
#88Alexander6US #99
#89Donald6US #20
#90Hajime6
#91Isao6
#92Kaoru6
#93Kazumi6
#94Makoto6
#95Masaji6
#96Masami6
#97Matsuo6
#98Tadao6
#99Wallace6US #124
#100Akira5

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑61Toshio#37
↑58Edith#21
↑55Ellen#25
↑55Bertha#35
↑44Tadashi#51
↑40Isami#49
↑37Kiyoko#23
↑37Hazel#44

Falling

↓59Tadao#98
↓46Josephine#91
↓46Sadako#95
↓42Anna#84
↓40Marie#76
↓38Emily#66
↓38Harue#90
↓37Akira#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.