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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,211 Hawaii births in 1920 across 334 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#14Yoshikooutside the national top 200
#15Hiroshioutside the national top 200
#20Shizueoutside the national top 200
#23Shigeruoutside the national top 200
#24Fumikooutside the national top 200
#24Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#26Masaooutside the national top 200
#28Kiyokooutside the national top 200
#30Shizukooutside the national top 200
#30Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#31Masakooutside the national top 200
#31Mitsuooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary102US #1
#2Helen76US #3
#3Dorothy72US #2
#4Alice68US #15
#5Margaret61US #4
#6Mildred49US #6
#7Florence48US #16
#8Frances44US #9
#9Elizabeth42US #8
#10Betty41US #11
#11Nancy40US #95
#12Rose40US #20
#13Violet40US #77
#14Yoshiko38
#15Beatrice35US #41
#16Ruth35US #5
#17Clara32US #44
#18Gladys30US #22
#19Irene30US #17
#20Shizue29
#21Eleanor28US #25
#22Elsie28US #51
#23Doris27US #14
#24Fumiko27
#25Lillian27US #18
#26Ethel26US #30
#27Annie25US #35
#28Kiyoko25
#29Louise25US #19
#30Shizuko25
#31Masako24
#32Jane23US #48
#33Josephine23US #28
#34Virginia23US #7
#35Agnes22US #54
#36Katherine21US #45
#37Thelma21US #31
#38Edith20US #32
#39Grace20US #37
#40Mitsuko20
#41Haruko19
#42Sarah19US #50
#43Evelyn18US #12
#44Kikue18
#45Aiko17
#46Chiyoko17
#47Ellen17US #92
#48Emily17US #119
#49Hazel17US #34
#50Julia17US #55
#51Lily17
#52Martha17US #23
#53Sally17
#54Yoshie17
#55Emma16US #46
#56Kimie16
#57Mabel16US #83
#58Mitsue16
#59Yaeko16
#60Fumie15
#61Janet15US #124
#62Misao15
#63Sumie15
#64Toshiko15
#65Bernice14US #40
#66Harue14
#67Lucy14US #94
#68Marjorie14US #24
#69Sadako14
#70Sumiko14
#71Yuriko14
#72Chieko13
#73Harriet13US #112
#74Hatsue13
#75Laura13US #63
#76Teruko13
#77Victoria13US #173
#78Yukie13
#79Asako12
#80Edna12US #27
#81Hanako12
#82Hisako12
#83Jean12US #33
#84Jennie12US #97
#85Kazue12
#86Marion12US #43
#87Miyoko12
#88Nobuko12
#89Vivian12US #64
#90Anna11US #10
#91Bessie11US #71
#92Catherine11US #21
#93Elaine11US #107
#94Eva11US #58
#95Fusako11
#96Marie11US #13
#97Matilda11
#98Matsue11
#99Michie11
#100Miriam11US #140

Boys

#1John88US #1
#2Robert74US #3
#3William74US #2
#4George71US #6
#5Joseph69US #7
#6James63US #4
#7Richard59US #10
#8David46US #25
#9Edward46US #8
#10Albert45US #19
#11Henry43US #17
#12Charles42US #5
#13Frank41US #9
#14Harry40US #21
#15Hiroshi31
#16Alfred29US #42
#17Harold28US #12
#18Herbert28US #41
#19Manuel27US #118
#20Walter27US #13
#21Thomas26US #11
#22Lawrence25US #36
#23Shigeru25
#24Yoshio25
#25Daniel23US #52
#26Masao23
#27Paul23US #14
#28Raymond22US #15
#29Francis21US #34
#30Kiyoshi21
#31Mitsuo21
#32Hideo20
#33Noboru19
#34Toshio19
#35Clarence18US #26
#36Ernest18US #37
#37Haruo18
#38Stanley18US #40
#39Isamu17
#40Jack17US #20
#41Kazuo17
#42Kenneth17US #23
#43Peter17US #57
#44Tadashi17
#45Gilbert16US #97
#46Minoru16
#47Tadao16
#48Takeo16
#49Antone14
#50Tsutomu14
#51Fred13US #33
#52Ichiro13
#53Saburo13
#54Shigeo13
#55Takeshi13
#56Benjamin12US #83
#57Masaru12
#58Masayuki11
#59Samuel11US #44
#60Seichi11
#61Yasuo11
#62Yutaka11
#63Akira10
#64Arthur10US #18
#65Fumio10
#66Hitoshi10
#67Joe10US #35
#68Katsumi10
#69Louis10US #28
#70Masato10
#71Shinichi10
#72Tamotsu10
#73Teruo10
#74Clement9
#75Howard9US #24
#76Kaoru9
#77Kenichi9
#78Mitsugi9
#79Nobuo9
#80Ralph9US #22
#81Roy9US #32
#82Satoru9
#83Takashi9
#84Wallace9US #93
#85Johnny8US #184
#86Masami8
#87Moses8
#88Solomon8
#89Susumu8
#90Donald7US #16
#91Frederick7US #60
#92Goro7
#93Herman7US #66
#94Hiromu7
#95Hisashi7
#96Isami7
#97Jiro7
#98Mamoru7
#99Masaichi7
#100Masuo7

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑48Ichiro#52
↑47Tadao#47
↑44Ellen#47
↑33Yutaka#62
↑29Nancy#11
↑29Gladys#18
↑29Louise#29
↑26Shigeru#23

Falling

↓42Masaichi#99
↓39Susumu#89
↓37Toshiko#64
↓35Jean#83
↓33Lucy#67
↓32Arthur#64
↓30Yoshie#54
↓28Louis#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.