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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,736 Hawaii births in 1917 across 313 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#7Yoshikooutside the national top 200
#11Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#18Chiyokooutside the national top 200
#18Masaooutside the national top 200
#20Kiyokooutside the national top 200
#22Hideooutside the national top 200
#28Minoruoutside the national top 200
#29Tadashioutside the national top 200
#32Fumikooutside the national top 200
#32Yukiooutside the national top 200
#33Harukooutside the national top 200
#35Shizueoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary88US #1
#2Helen70US #2
#3Dorothy60US #3
#4Margaret60US #4
#5Alice59US #13
#6Elizabeth52US #8
#7Yoshiko42
#8Rose41US #16
#9Elsie38US #50
#10Mildred38US #6
#11Annie37US #35
#12Florence36US #14
#13Lillian36US #15
#14Nancy35US #98
#15Betty34US #34
#16Gladys31US #23
#17Agnes30US #48
#18Chiyoko30
#19Ruth30US #5
#20Kiyoko29
#21Ethel28US #24
#22Doris27US #25
#23Thelma27US #32
#24Beatrice26US #39
#25Edith26US #28
#26Hazel26US #31
#27Irene26US #17
#28Violet26US #84
#29Clara25US #41
#30Jane25US #55
#31Eleanor23US #26
#32Fumiko23
#33Haruko23
#34Josephine23US #21
#35Shizue23
#36Ellen22US #90
#37Frances22US #9
#38Julia22US #47
#39Grace21US #30
#40Katherine20US #49
#41Misao20
#42Yoshie20
#43Edna19US #20
#44Esther19US #38
#45Hilda19US #112
#46Miyoko19
#47Harriet18US #104
#48Mabel18US #68
#49Masako18
#50Kikue17
#51Evelyn16US #11
#52Lucy16US #88
#53Marie16US #12
#54Mitsuko16
#55Shizuko16
#56Anna15US #7
#57Bernice15US #42
#58Emma15US #46
#59Louise15US #19
#60Mitsue15
#61Virginia15US #10
#62Vivian15US #79
#63Yukie15
#64Emily14US #103
#65Lily14
#66Minnie14US #75
#67Sarah14US #52
#68Victoria14US #158
#69Elaine13US #160
#70Eva13US #54
#71Flora13US #145
#72Janet13US #136
#73Madeline13US #127
#74Sadako13
#75Caroline12US #152
#76Cecilia12
#77Harue12
#78Lydia12US #169
#79Pearl12US #57
#80Tsuruko12
#81Barbara11US #67
#82Catherine11US #18
#83Hatsuko11
#84Fusae10
#85Kimie10
#86Martha10US #22
#87Tomiko10
#88Toshiko10
#89Yukiko10
#90Bessie9US #61
#91Gloria9
#92Jean9US #40
#93Marian9US #74
#94May9US #195
#95Theresa9US #97
#96Yaeko9
#97Yasuko9
#98Amy8
#99Chieko8
#100Constance8

Boys

#1John98US #1
#2George93US #6
#3William72US #2
#4Joseph68US #5
#5Robert68US #4
#6Richard58US #14
#7James52US #3
#8Henry48US #15
#9Edward45US #8
#10Charles38US #7
#11Yoshio36
#12Albert35US #18
#13Thomas35US #10
#14David33US #28
#15Frank33US #9
#16Harry33US #19
#17Manuel31US #128
#18Masao29
#19Raymond29US #16
#20Walter28US #11
#21Alfred26US #43
#22Hideo26
#23Herbert25US #40
#24Kenneth24US #27
#25Harold22US #12
#26Paul22US #13
#27Daniel21US #54
#28Minoru21
#29Tadashi21
#30Ernest19US #37
#31Fred19US #29
#32Yukio19
#33Clarence18US #25
#34Louis18US #23
#35Masaru16
#36Samuel16US #42
#37Alexander15US #97
#38Toshio15
#39Isao14
#40Kiyoshi14
#41Peter14US #50
#42Shigeo14
#43Hiroshi13
#44Kazuo13
#45Kenji13
#46Lawrence13US #36
#47Masami13
#48Masato13
#49Shigeru13
#50Stanley13US #34
#51Takeo13
#52Edwin12US #55
#53Isamu12
#54Mitsuo12
#55Yutaka12
#56Arthur11US #17
#57Francis11US #30
#58Haruo11
#59Jack11US #22
#60Joe11US #35
#61Larry11
#62Tony11US #131
#63Benjamin10US #76
#64Gilbert10US #105
#65Roy10US #33
#66Tom10US #139
#67Eddie9US #118
#68Herman9US #58
#69Kaoru9
#70Noboru9
#71Ralph9US #21
#72Solomon9
#73Takeshi9
#74Tamotsu9
#75Wallace9US #123
#76Hajime8
#77Howard8US #26
#78Iwao8
#79Jerry8US #150
#80Jiro8
#81Masayuki8
#82Tatsuo8
#83Anthony7US #38
#84Antone7
#85Masaichi7
#86Masayoshi7
#87Satoru7
#88Seichi7
#89Takashi7
#90Bernard6US #49
#91Clifford6US #59
#92Donald6US #20
#93Frederick6US #51
#94Hachiro6
#95Isaac6US #192
#96Isami6
#97Jacob6US #130
#98Koichi6
#99Kunio6
#100Michael6US #44

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑57Josephine#34
↑52Isao#39
↑51Alexander#37
↑49Masami#47
↑37Vivian#62
↑36Misao#41
↑34Nancy#14
↑32Masaru#35

Falling

↓73Tatsuo#82
↓47Isami#96
↓43Anthony#83
↓37Mabel#48
↓37Sarah#67
↓37Bessie#90
↓36Jean#92
↓35Joe#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.