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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,007 Hawaii births in 1919 across 329 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#11Masaooutside the national top 200
#17Mitsukooutside the national top 200
#18Harukooutside the national top 200
#20Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#23Masakooutside the national top 200
#24Yoshieoutside the national top 200
#24Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#27Toshikooutside the national top 200
#28Yoshikooutside the national top 200
#30Shizueoutside the national top 200
#30Kazuooutside the national top 200
#31Takeooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary100US #1
#2Dorothy71US #3
#3Helen68US #2
#4Margaret65US #4
#5Alice59US #13
#6Florence57US #14
#7Violet48US #74
#8Elizabeth47US #8
#9Rose47US #19
#10Thelma37US #31
#11Mildred36US #6
#12Katherine35US #51
#13Eleanor34US #30
#14Beatrice33US #41
#15Elsie33US #47
#16Ruth33US #5
#17Mitsuko32
#18Haruko31
#19Betty30US #15
#20Frances30US #9
#21Edith29US #29
#22Irene28US #16
#23Masako28
#24Yoshie28
#25Agnes27US #50
#26Lillian27US #17
#27Toshiko27
#28Yoshiko27
#29Grace26US #34
#30Shizue26
#31Doris24US #18
#32Ethel24US #28
#33Josephine24US #26
#34Lucy23US #91
#35Aiko22
#36Emily22US #105
#37Fumiko22
#38Kiyoko22
#39Chiyoko21
#40Nancy21US #100
#41Annie20US #35
#42Clara20US #43
#43Jane19US #53
#44Martha19US #25
#45Evelyn18US #11
#46Sarah18US #46
#47Gladys17US #21
#48Jean17US #37
#49Kikue17
#50Shizuko17
#51Janet16US #126
#52Mabel16US #78
#53Yasuko16
#54Yukiko16
#55Bernice15US #42
#56Harue15
#57Julia15US #48
#58Louise15US #20
#59Virginia15US #7
#60Fumie14
#61Harriet14US #113
#62Hazel14US #32
#63Laura14US #71
#64Misao14
#65Mitsue14
#66Sadako14
#67Yaeko14
#68Caroline13US #169
#69Chieko13
#70Edna13US #22
#71Lily13
#72Lydia13US #186
#73Matsue13
#74Hannah12
#75Hilda12US #123
#76Hiroko12
#77Miyoko12
#78Tomiko12
#79Toyoko12
#80Anna11US #10
#81Bessie11US #59
#82Elaine11US #136
#83Esther11US #38
#84Hatsue11
#85Nora11US #161
#86Asako10
#87Ayako10
#88Barbara10US #60
#89Bertha10US #52
#90Catherine10US #23
#91Ellen10US #92
#92Eva10US #55
#93Flora10US #153
#94Hanako10
#95Lorraine10US #62
#96Rachel10US #150
#97Sueko10
#98Teruko10
#99Theresa10US #102
#100Tsuruko10

Boys

#1John87US #1
#2George81US #6
#3William77US #2
#4Joseph74US #7
#5Robert65US #4
#6Henry63US #16
#7James57US #3
#8Richard53US #12
#9Edward45US #8
#10Albert42US #18
#11Masao39
#12David37US #27
#13Frank37US #9
#14Walter37US #11
#15Alfred36US #42
#16Charles35US #5
#17Thomas33US #10
#18Manuel30US #118
#19Raymond28US #14
#20Yoshio27
#21Harry25US #20
#22Herbert24US #40
#23Paul24US #15
#24Kiyoshi23
#25Clarence22US #25
#26Daniel22US #51
#27Harold22US #13
#28Lawrence21US #38
#29Edwin20US #52
#30Kazuo20
#31Takeo20
#32Arthur19US #19
#33Fred18US #30
#34Hiroshi18
#35Mitsuo18
#36Francis17US #34
#37Samuel17US #43
#38Takeshi17
#39Ernest16US #36
#40Hideo16
#41Louis16US #28
#42Peter16US #57
#43Toshio16
#44Kenneth15US #26
#45Stanley15US #37
#46Haruo14
#47Jack14US #21
#48Noboru14
#49Shigeru14
#50Susumu14
#51Joe13US #35
#52Masato13
#53Tadashi13
#54Yasuo13
#55Akira12
#56Isamu12
#57Masaichi12
#58Shigeo12
#59Masayuki11
#60Minoru11
#61Shoichi11
#62Yoshito11
#63Antone10
#64Masaru10
#65Seichi10
#66Solomon10
#67Theodore10US #54
#68Wataru10
#69Yukio10
#70Anthony9US #41
#71Isami9
#72Katsumi9
#73Ralph9US #22
#74Ah8
#75Andrew8US #47
#76Benjamin8US #79
#77Earl8US #31
#78Isao8
#79Katsuji8
#80Kenji8
#81Moses8
#82Roy8US #32
#83Sadao8
#84Takao8
#85Bernard7US #45
#86Hiromu7
#87Jiro7
#88Kiichi7
#89Koichi7
#90Michael7US #46
#91Nobuo7
#92Philip7US #71
#93Shiro7
#94Tadao7
#95Yutaka7
#96Alexander6US #113
#97Alvin6US #76
#98Donald6US #17
#99Eddie6US #99
#100Ichiro6

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑51Jean#48
↑42Toshiko#27
↑40Yukiko#54
↑35Takeo#31
↑35Takeshi#38
↑33Masayuki#59
↑32Yoshie#24
↑27Josephine#33

Falling

↓58Donald#98
↓41Edna#70
↓40Ellen#91
↓39Tadao#94
↓34Eva#92
↓31Gladys#47
↓29Matsue#73
↓29Jiro#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.