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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,870 Hawaii births in 1918 across 318 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#12Masaooutside the national top 200
#14Yoshikooutside the national top 200
#17Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#22Harukooutside the national top 200
#25Mitsukooutside the national top 200
#25Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#27Shizueoutside the national top 200
#27Shigeruoutside the national top 200
#28Shizukooutside the national top 200
#30Masakooutside the national top 200
#30Masaichioutside the national top 200
#32Hiroshioutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary103US #1
#2Helen63US #2
#3Margaret60US #4
#4Alice55US #13
#5Dorothy55US #3
#6Florence51US #14
#7Mildred49US #6
#8Elizabeth42US #9
#9Rose40US #17
#10Violet38US #83
#11Agnes34US #47
#12Ruth33US #5
#13Beatrice32US #40
#14Yoshiko32
#15Doris31US #19
#16Gladys31US #22
#17Irene31US #16
#18Jane30US #53
#19Eleanor29US #26
#20Katherine29US #50
#21Ethel28US #28
#22Haruko28
#23Thelma28US #32
#24Betty27US #21
#25Mitsuko26
#26Frances25US #8
#27Shizue25
#28Shizuko25
#29Edna24US #23
#30Masako24
#31Clara23US #43
#32Elsie23US #49
#33Nancy23US #102
#34Edith22US #30
#35Kiyoko22
#36Lillian22US #15
#37Annie21US #36
#38Evelyn21US #11
#39Harriet21US #106
#40Julia20US #48
#41Bernice19US #41
#42Grace19US #31
#43Kimiko19
#44Matsue19
#45Hatsuko18
#46Hazel18US #33
#47Lily18
#48Mabel18US #74
#49Chiyoko17
#50Fumiko17
#51Ellen16US #92
#52Emily16US #105
#53Marion16US #45
#54Sadako16
#55Vivian16US #72
#56Yoshie16
#57Anna15US #10
#58Eva15US #55
#59Fusae15
#60Josephine15US #24
#61Lucy15US #90
#62Mitsue15
#63Hatsue14
#64Janet14US #129
#65Kikue14
#66Kimie14
#67Nora14US #161
#68Sarah14US #52
#69Toshiko14
#70Chieko13
#71Marie13US #12
#72Misao13
#73Rachel13US #148
#74Virginia13US #7
#75Esther12US #38
#76Hilda12US #114
#77Louise12US #18
#78Mae12US #95
#79Bessie11US #61
#80Emma11US #46
#81Flora11US #150
#82Harue11
#83Hisako11
#84Yaeko11
#85Cecilia10
#86Dora10US #136
#87Fujie10
#88Hanako10
#89Hannah10
#90Laura10US #64
#91Miyoko10
#92Sueko10
#93Yukie10
#94Yukiko10
#95Ayako9
#96Charlotte9US #78
#97Fusako9
#98Ida9US #57
#99Jean9US #37
#100Lucille9US #29

Boys

#1John102US #1
#2William96US #2
#3Joseph85US #7
#4George84US #6
#5Richard69US #12
#6James68US #3
#7Edward47US #8
#8Robert46US #4
#9Charles45US #5
#10Henry45US #16
#11Harry39US #20
#12Masao37
#13Alfred36US #42
#14Frank36US #9
#15Albert33US #19
#16David33US #28
#17Yoshio33
#18Harold30US #13
#19Thomas30US #10
#20Walter26US #11
#21Ernest25US #37
#22Francis25US #30
#23Raymond25US #15
#24Manuel23US #126
#25Kiyoshi22
#26Samuel22US #43
#27Shigeru22
#28Arthur21US #17
#29Herbert19US #40
#30Masaichi19
#31Daniel18US #52
#32Hiroshi18
#33Paul18US #14
#34Toshio18
#35Haruo16
#36Jack16US #21
#37Joe16US #34
#38Louis16US #24
#39Noboru16
#40Donald15US #18
#41Hideo15
#42Isamu15
#43Kenichi15
#44Kenneth15US #27
#45Minoru15
#46Peter15US #53
#47Clarence14US #23
#48Fred14US #33
#49Lawrence14US #38
#50Gilbert13US #105
#51Mitsuo13
#52Seichi13
#53Kazuo12
#54Stanley12US #36
#55Tadao12
#56Antone11
#57Isami11
#58Jiro11
#59Masayoshi11
#60Andrew10US #46
#61Anthony10US #39
#62Benjamin10US #79
#63Kenji10
#64Masaru10
#65Philip10US #71
#66Takeo10
#67Tsugio10
#68Koichi9
#69Masami9
#70Masato9
#71Moses9
#72Tadashi9
#73Takeshi9
#74Yoshito9
#75Yutaka9
#76Akira8
#77Alexander8US #104
#78Eugene8US #35
#79Kiyoto8
#80Masatoshi8
#81Saburo8
#82Tatsuo8
#83Teruo8
#84Tetsuo8
#85Tony8US #135
#86Tsutomu8
#87Abel7
#88Ah7
#89Douglas7US #115
#90Ichiro7
#91Larry7
#92Masayuki7
#93Norman7US #49
#94Ralph7US #22
#95Sadao7
#96Satoru7
#97Takashi7
#98Herman6US #65
#99Hisao6
#100Isaac6US #194

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑55Masaichi#30
↑52Donald#40
↑39Isami#57
↑38Hatsuko#45
↑36Seichi#52
↑35Francis#22
↑31Noboru#39
↑30Koichi#68

Falling

↓45Miyoko#91
↓43Tadashi#72
↓40Alexander#77
↓31Chiyoko#49
↓31Misao#72
↓31Esther#75
↓31Hilda#76
↓30Yukie#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.