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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,247 Hawaii births in 1923 across 378 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#19Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#20Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#23Mitsueoutside the national top 200
#23Masaooutside the national top 200
#24Hiroshioutside the national top 200
#28Kiyokooutside the national top 200
#31Chiyokooutside the national top 200
#31Hideooutside the national top 200
#33Takashioutside the national top 200
#34Fumikooutside the national top 200
#34Kazuooutside the national top 200
#35Toshiooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary103US #1
#2Dorothy95US #2
#3Helen93US #3
#4Alice79US #15
#5Margaret79US #4
#6Florence57US #18
#7Rose57US #23
#8Elizabeth56US #9
#9Betty50US #5
#10Lillian49US #20
#11Frances48US #10
#12Violet47US #86
#13Doris46US #11
#14Gladys45US #29
#15Eleanor43US #28
#16Mildred41US #8
#17Jane39US #55
#18Elsie35US #61
#19Josephine35US #30
#20Beatrice34US #46
#21Nancy34US #75
#22Ruth34US #6
#23Mitsue31
#24Evelyn29US #12
#25Thelma29US #31
#26Agnes28US #63
#27Grace28US #39
#28Kiyoko28
#29Mabel28US #102
#30Edith27US #36
#31Chiyoko25
#32Jean25US #19
#33Annie24US #34
#34Fumiko24
#35Katherine24US #60
#36Shizue24
#37Ethel23US #38
#38Bernice22US #43
#39Harriet22US #122
#40Julia22US #62
#41Yoshiko22
#42Hazel21US #40
#43Louise21US #22
#44Toshiko21
#45Patsy20
#46Irene19US #17
#47Kimiko19
#48Lily19
#49Yaeko19
#50Clara18US #49
#51Shizuko18
#52Barbara17US #33
#53Emily17US #128
#54Lucy17US #92
#55Yuriko17
#56Alma16US #89
#57Charlotte16US #77
#58Fumie16
#59Janet16US #121
#60Marie16US #14
#61Sumiko16
#62Yoshie16
#63Elaine15US #87
#64Ellen15US #103
#65Esther15US #47
#66Hatsue15
#67Kikue15
#68Marjorie15US #16
#69Sally15
#70Winifred15US #164
#71Emiko14
#72Lorraine14US #57
#73Masako14
#74Sueko14
#75Virginia14US #7
#76Vivian14US #69
#77Yukie14
#78Amy13
#79Angeline13
#80Anna13US #13
#81Ayako13
#82Betsy13
#83Haruko13
#84Peggy13US #155
#85Sarah13US #54
#86Aiko12
#87Blanche12US #119
#88Catherine12US #24
#89Edna12US #32
#90Kimie12
#91Leatrice12
#92Maria12US #133
#93Mitsuko12
#94Miyoko12
#95Pearl12US #78
#96Tomiko12
#97Dolores11US #83
#98Eloise11US #181
#99Fusae11
#100Hanako11

Boys

#1George110US #6
#2John108US #1
#3William91US #3
#4Robert88US #2
#5Joseph81US #7
#6James80US #4
#7Richard68US #9
#8Edward65US #8
#9Henry52US #18
#10Charles48US #5
#11Thomas48US #12
#12Harry47US #22
#13David46US #24
#14Alfred43US #42
#15Walter41US #16
#16Albert39US #20
#17Raymond39US #15
#18Frank36US #11
#19Kiyoshi35
#20Yoshio35
#21Herbert34US #40
#22Ernest33US #38
#23Masao33
#24Hiroshi32
#25Samuel31US #45
#26Daniel30US #47
#27Kenneth29US #21
#28Harold27US #13
#29Clarence25US #29
#30Paul25US #14
#31Hideo24
#32Manuel23US #114
#33Takashi23
#34Kazuo22
#35Toshio22
#36Francis20US #34
#37Lawrence20US #36
#38Alexander19US #129
#39Benjamin19US #86
#40Jack19US #17
#41Mitsuo19
#42Susumu19
#43Tamotsu19
#44Haruo18
#45Shigeo18
#46Shigeru18
#47Isamu17
#48Arthur16US #19
#49Donald16US #10
#50Katsumi16
#51Louis16US #27
#52Noboru16
#53Peter16US #58
#54Ralph16US #23
#55Stanley16US #41
#56Tadashi15
#57Takeo15
#58Yukio15
#59Abraham14
#60Masaru14
#61Tsutomu14
#62Wallace14US #69
#63Antone13
#64Gilbert13US #102
#65Yoshito13
#66Fred12US #33
#67Kenji12
#68Masayoshi12
#69Minoru12
#70Satoshi12
#71Takeshi12
#72Teruo12
#73Andrew11US #53
#74Herman11US #66
#75Masayuki11
#76Moses11
#77Solomon11
#78Theodore11US #62
#79Akira10
#80Clifford10US #65
#81Edwin10US #56
#82Frederick10US #60
#83Kenichi10
#84Masaichi10
#85Masato10
#86Norman10US #44
#87Pedro10
#88Sadao10
#89Tadao10
#90Tetsuo10
#91Hitoshi9
#92Masami9
#93Nobuo9
#94Philip9US #70
#95Seichi9
#96Yasuo9
#97Alvin8US #73
#98Earl8US #31
#99Eugene8US #25
#100Hiromu8

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑53Harriet#39
↑43Charlotte#57
↑41Alexander#38
↑34Antone#63
↑32Shigeo#45
↑31Toshiko#44
↑31Yoshito#65
↑30Bernice#38

Falling

↓49Edna#89
↓48Mitsuko#93
↓48Seichi#95
↓44Haruko#83
↓41Kimie#90
↓35Aiko#86
↓35Takeshi#71
↓33Edwin#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.