State roster

Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,660 Hawaii births in 1926 across 392 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#19Yoshikooutside the national top 200
#30Takashioutside the national top 200
#31Hiroshioutside the national top 200
#32Minoruoutside the national top 200
#34Masaooutside the national top 200
#36Shizueoutside the national top 200
#36Hideooutside the national top 200
#37Aikooutside the national top 200
#37Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#39Sumikooutside the national top 200
#39Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#40Shigeruoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary113US #1
#2Helen91US #4
#3Dorothy82US #2
#4Betty74US #3
#5Alice68US #17
#6Margaret60US #5
#7Mildred60US #9
#8Violet58US #94
#9Elizabeth53US #11
#10Jean42US #12
#11Rose42US #25
#12Eleanor41US #32
#13Lillian41US #28
#14Ruth40US #6
#15Florence38US #26
#16Frances38US #10
#17Nancy37US #57
#18Elsie36US #69
#19Yoshiko35
#20Beatrice34US #58
#21Jane34US #56
#22Annie33US #34
#23Katherine33US #72
#24Doris32US #7
#25Ethel32US #41
#26Gladys32US #35
#27Irene32US #21
#28Evelyn30US #13
#29Clara29US #61
#30Grace29US #46
#31Thelma29US #36
#32Barbara28US #16
#33Janet27US #110
#34Josephine27US #37
#35Edna25US #38
#36Shizue25
#37Aiko24
#38Mabel23US #127
#39Sumiko23
#40Esther22US #62
#41Julia22US #75
#42Amy21
#43Haruko21
#44Marie21US #18
#45Yoshie21
#46Elaine20US #68
#47Yaeko20
#48Edith19US #42
#49Maria19US #115
#50Mitsuko19
#51Agnes18US #77
#52Bernice18US #45
#53Harriet18US #133
#54Juanita18US #52
#55Mitsue18
#56Sueko18
#57Ellen17US #100
#58Flora17US #168
#59Fumiko17
#60Kiyoko17
#61Marian17US #70
#62Marjorie17US #22
#63Virginia17US #8
#64Caroline16US #174
#65Charlotte16US #78
#66Nobuko16
#67Patricia16US #23
#68Peggy16US #104
#69Fumie15
#70Hilda15US #139
#71Kimie15
#72Midori15
#73Miyoko15
#74Sally15US #160
#75Winifred15US #188
#76Bessie14US #89
#77Chieko14
#78Lorraine14US #53
#79Louise14US #27
#80Sadako14
#81Toshiko14
#82Betsy13
#83Catherine13US #31
#84Dolores13US #49
#85Emiko13
#86Eva13US #79
#87Hideko13
#88June13US #40
#89Laura13US #81
#90Lily13
#91Mae13US #118
#92May13
#93Michiko13
#94Sumie13
#95Tsuyako13
#96Vivian13US #80
#97Emily12US #142
#98Hannah12
#99Hazel12US #48
#100Jeanette12US #136

Boys

#1George127US #6
#2Richard108US #7
#3James104US #3
#4John104US #2
#5Robert104US #1
#6William90US #4
#7Joseph80US #8
#8Edward70US #10
#9Henry60US #19
#10Charles55US #5
#11David53US #22
#12Albert52US #21
#13Raymond52US #15
#14Thomas49US #11
#15Walter47US #17
#16Harry38US #25
#17Herbert37US #44
#18Samuel36US #48
#19Ernest31US #37
#20Frank31US #12
#21Lawrence31US #36
#22Stanley31US #43
#23Alfred30US #45
#24Clarence29US #29
#25Daniel29US #46
#26Manuel29US #120
#27Francis28US #35
#28Harold28US #14
#29Kenneth28US #18
#30Takashi28
#31Hiroshi26
#32Minoru26
#33Paul26US #13
#34Masao24
#35Donald23US #9
#36Hideo23
#37Yoshio23
#38Gilbert22US #101
#39Kiyoshi22
#40Shigeru22
#41Takeshi22
#42Arthur21US #20
#43Isamu20
#44Howard19US #27
#45Larry19US #178
#46Louis19US #30
#47Mitsuo19
#48Torao19
#49Toshio19
#50Benjamin18US #98
#51Ralph18US #24
#52Masaru17
#53Alfredo16
#54Antonio16US #194
#55Sadao16
#56Shigeo16
#57Wallace16US #95
#58Frederick15US #64
#59Herman15US #69
#60Norman15US #39
#61Peter15US #58
#62Philip15US #70
#63Tsutomu15
#64Yukio15
#65Akira14
#66Bernard14US #49
#67Edwin14US #55
#68Jose14US #125
#69Kazuo14
#70Alexander13US #146
#71Clifford13US #62
#72Masayuki13
#73Moses13
#74Susumu13
#75Tamotsu13
#76Francisco12
#77Katsumi12
#78Noboru12
#79Pedro12
#80Stephen12US #130
#81Takeo12
#82Tetsuo12
#83Hisashi11
#84Mamoru11
#85Masaichi11
#86Roy11US #34
#87Satoru11
#88Tadao11
#89Eugene10US #23
#90Haruo10
#91Hisao10
#92Jack10US #16
#93Ronald10US #88
#94Tadashi10
#95Teruo10
#96Vernon10US #66
#97Andrew9US #59
#98Douglas9US #103
#99Isao9
#100Masami9

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑44Minoru#32
↑43Ralph#51
↑40Shigeru#40
↑36Gilbert#38
↑35Amy#42
↑34Aiko#37
↑32Shigeo#56
↑30Clara#29

Falling

↓51Emily#97
↓45Toshiko#81
↓44Takeo#81
↓34Masami#100
↓32Hazel#99
↓31Tadashi#94
↓30Haruo#90
↓29Roy#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.