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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,560 Hawaii births in 1921 across 357 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#12Yoshikooutside the national top 200
#14Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#20Shizueoutside the national top 200
#20Hiroshioutside the national top 200
#21Haruooutside the national top 200
#22Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#24Toshiooutside the national top 200
#25Harukooutside the national top 200
#26Mitsueoutside the national top 200
#27Masaooutside the national top 200
#29Kazuooutside the national top 200
#33Masakooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary121US #1
#2Margaret88US #4
#3Dorothy76US #2
#4Elizabeth69US #10
#5Florence52US #17
#6Helen52US #3
#7Alice49US #15
#8Violet42US #81
#9Gladys40US #24
#10Rose40US #20
#11Doris37US #13
#12Yoshiko37
#13Mildred36US #7
#14Ruth34US #5
#15Betty33US #8
#16Mabel33US #85
#17Eleanor32US #29
#18Jane31US #47
#19Annie30US #36
#20Shizue30
#21Elsie29US #55
#22Jean29US #25
#23Lillian29US #19
#24Nancy29US #87
#25Haruko28
#26Mitsue28
#27Beatrice27US #41
#28Ethel27US #32
#29Irene27US #18
#30Janet27US #124
#31Thelma27US #30
#32Grace26US #35
#33Masako26
#34Agnes25US #56
#35Edith25US #33
#36Evelyn25US #12
#37Kiyoko25
#38Ellen23US #95
#39Clara22US #45
#40Josephine22US #28
#41Harriet21US #114
#42Katherine21US #49
#43Barbara20US #40
#44Frances20US #9
#45Hatsue19
#46Hazel19US #34
#47Esther18US #42
#48Fumiko18
#49Marian18US #69
#50Virginia18US #6
#51Yoshie18
#52Anna17US #11
#53Chiyoko17
#54Julia17US #58
#55Lucy17US #93
#56Sadako17
#57Mitsuko16
#58Lydia15US #197
#59Marjorie15US #16
#60Bernice14US #39
#61Elaine14US #97
#62Hilda14US #123
#63Misao14
#64Nobuko14
#65Shizuko14
#66Vivian14US #68
#67Yaeko14
#68Constance13US #149
#69Dora13US #130
#70Eva13US #63
#71Sachiko13
#72Carol12US #166
#73Caroline12US #162
#74Catherine12US #23
#75Edna12US #27
#76Stella12US #86
#77Toshie12
#78Adeline11US #177
#79Emily11US #121
#80Emma11US #52
#81Fumie11
#82Gertrude11US #46
#83Hanako11
#84Harue11
#85Marie11US #14
#86Miriam11US #147
#87Peggy11US #195
#88Yasuko11
#89Flora10US #156
#90Hideko10
#91Jeanette10US #125
#92Kimie10
#93Lucille10US #31
#94Miyoko10
#95Pearl10US #65
#96Shigeko10
#97Toshiko10
#98Victoria10US #179
#99Winifred10US #163
#100Ayako9

Boys

#1George99US #6
#2John99US #1
#3William86US #3
#4James73US #4
#5Henry67US #17
#6Robert67US #2
#7Joseph66US #7
#8Richard59US #10
#9Harry52US #21
#10Edward48US #8
#11Charles46US #5
#12Albert45US #20
#13Frank45US #9
#14Yoshio45
#15David38US #25
#16Raymond35US #16
#17Thomas35US #11
#18Alfred32US #43
#19Ernest32US #38
#20Hiroshi30
#21Haruo26
#22Kiyoshi26
#23Lawrence26US #37
#24Toshio26
#25Daniel25US #49
#26Herbert25US #42
#27Masao25
#28Francis24US #35
#29Kazuo23
#30Walter23US #15
#31Clarence22US #28
#32Manuel22US #113
#33Hideo21
#34Kenneth21US #22
#35Harold20US #12
#36Isamu20
#37Gilbert19US #103
#38Mitsuo19
#39Noboru19
#40Samuel19US #44
#41Takeshi19
#42Minoru18
#43Shigeo18
#44Arthur17US #19
#45Fred17US #33
#46Peter16US #57
#47Shigeru16
#48Takeo16
#49Benjamin15US #82
#50Louis15US #29
#51Stanley15US #41
#52Masaru14
#53Paul14US #14
#54Ralph14US #23
#55Seichi14
#56Tadashi14
#57Takashi14
#58Antone13
#59Joe13US #36
#60Sadao13
#61Tamotsu13
#62Wallace13US #88
#63Yoshito13
#64Alexander12US #116
#65Anthony12US #40
#66Edwin12US #54
#67Eugene12US #26
#68Ichiro12
#69Kaoru12
#70Abraham11
#71Akira11
#72Frederick11US #61
#73Larry11
#74Saburo11
#75Teruo11
#76Tsutomu11
#77Jack10US #18
#78Masato10
#79Nobuo10
#80Susumu10
#81Abel9
#82Donald9US #13
#83Howard9US #27
#84Iwao9
#85Jiro9
#86Masami9
#87Roy9US #32
#88Torao9
#89Yukio9
#90Yutaka9
#91Hajime8
#92Herman8US #64
#93Michael8US #47
#94Philip8US #72
#95Sadamu8
#96Solomon8
#97Tadao8
#98Tony8US #134
#99Tsugio8
#100Tsuneo8

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑61Jean#22
↑41Mabel#16
↑38Anna#52
↑32Mitsue#26
↑32Harriet#41
↑32Elaine#61
↑31Janet#30
↑29Hatsue#45

Falling

↓50Tadao#97
↓37Jack#77
↓36Frances#44
↓36Kimie#92
↓35Shizuko#65
↓33Toshiko#97
↓31Emily#79
↓28Yutaka#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.