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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,947 Hawaii births in 1927 across 398 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#23Shojioutside the national top 200
#29Hiroshioutside the national top 200
#30Kiyokooutside the national top 200
#33Mitsuooutside the national top 200
#34Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#36Yoshikooutside the national top 200
#36Masaooutside the national top 200
#38Amyoutside the national top 200
#40Teruooutside the national top 200
#41Fumikooutside the national top 200
#41Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#42Kazukooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Helen102US #4
#2Mary95US #1
#3Dorothy84US #2
#4Margaret80US #5
#5Alice79US #17
#6Betty76US #3
#7Mildred66US #11
#8Florence62US #28
#9Jane53US #60
#10Gladys50US #37
#11Ruth50US #6
#12Elizabeth44US #13
#13Jean44US #14
#14Rose44US #23
#15Beatrice42US #67
#16Eleanor42US #33
#17Nancy41US #56
#18Barbara38US #10
#19Lillian38US #32
#20Violet38US #103
#21Frances37US #12
#22Evelyn36US #15
#23Grace35US #50
#24Mabel34US #133
#25Doris33US #7
#26Bernice32US #49
#27Josephine29US #39
#28Annie28US #36
#29Irene27US #21
#30Kiyoko27
#31Ethel25US #47
#32Thelma25US #38
#33Edith24US #48
#34Esther24US #65
#35Katherine24US #73
#36Yoshiko24
#37Harriet22US #132
#38Amy21
#39Clara21US #63
#40Elsie21US #72
#41Fumiko21
#42Kazuko21
#43Lorraine21US #44
#44Chiyoko20
#45Sumie20
#46Agnes19US #81
#47Edna19US #40
#48Flora19US #167
#49Mitsue19
#50Sarah19US #61
#51Teruko19
#52Dolores18US #34
#53Elaine18US #69
#54Ellen18US #93
#55Hazel18US #53
#56Lily18
#57Patricia18US #18
#58Sumiko18
#59Haruko17
#60Maria17US #107
#61Masako17
#62Sadako17
#63Akiko16
#64Mae16US #125
#65Winifred16
#66Chieko15
#67Gertrude15US #78
#68Harue15
#69Hideko15
#70Janet15US #111
#71Marie15US #20
#72Marjorie15US #25
#73Pearl15US #102
#74Shigeko15
#75Yaeko15
#76Caroline14US #179
#77Cecilia14
#78Dora14US #140
#79May14
#80Mitsuko14
#81Patsy14US #168
#82Audrey13US #62
#83June13US #43
#84Kazue13
#85Laura13US #82
#86Louise13US #27
#87Marion13US #51
#88Miriam13US #162
#89Nobuko13
#90Rebecca13US #170
#91Toshiko13
#92Vivian13US #77
#93Bessie12US #88
#94Betsy12
#95Emily12US #146
#96Genevieve12US #126
#97Hanako12
#98Julia12US #76
#99Kay12
#100Theresa12US #52

Boys

#1George173US #7
#2Robert114US #1
#3James113US #3
#4John112US #2
#5Richard110US #6
#6William110US #4
#7Joseph86US #9
#8Henry73US #19
#9Thomas69US #11
#10Walter64US #17
#11Charles61US #5
#12Albert60US #23
#13Edward60US #10
#14Kenneth46US #18
#15Harry41US #25
#16David40US #21
#17Alfred38US #45
#18Herbert38US #42
#19Raymond38US #15
#20Stanley37US #44
#21Donald36US #8
#22Arthur35US #22
#23Shoji35
#24Ernest34US #41
#25Frank34US #12
#26Clarence33US #32
#27Harold33US #14
#28Francis31US #36
#29Hiroshi31
#30Paul31US #13
#31Lawrence30US #37
#32Manuel28US #116
#33Mitsuo26
#34Kiyoshi25
#35Benjamin24US #101
#36Masao24
#37Daniel23US #46
#38Edwin21US #57
#39Samuel21US #49
#40Teruo21
#41Yoshio21
#42Peter20US #59
#43Toshio19
#44Noboru18
#45Shigeru18
#46Takeo18
#47Akira17
#48Alexander17US #146
#49Eugene17US #20
#50Hideo17
#51Isamu17
#52Kazuo17
#53Roy17US #34
#54Wallace17US #96
#55Wilfred17US #194
#56Gilbert16US #99
#57Tsutomu16
#58Andrew15US #56
#59Louis15US #29
#60Shigeo14
#61Shoichi14
#62Tadashi14
#63Yoshito14
#64Haruo13
#65Katsumi13
#66Minoru13
#67Yasuo13
#68Abraham12
#69Frederick12US #64
#70Jack12US #16
#71Leonard12US #40
#72Nobuo12
#73Norman12US #39
#74Ralph12US #24
#75Stephen12US #125
#76Tamotsu12
#77Yukio12
#78Alfredo11
#79Earl11US #33
#80Fred11US #35
#81Mamoru11
#82Masaru11
#83Susumu11
#84Tadao11
#85Takashi11
#86Alvin10US #66
#87Gordon10US #74
#88Howard10US #28
#89Moses10
#90Patrick10US #140
#91Tetsuo10
#92Vernon10US #71
#93Akio9
#94Herman9US #70
#95Iwao9
#96Philip9US #75
#97Satoru9
#98Anthony8US #43
#99Carl8US #26
#100Clement8

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑55Teruo#40
↑49Sumie#45
↑44Hazel#55
↑40Eugene#49
↑39Andrew#58
↑35Lorraine#43
↑35Takeo#46
↑34Lily#56

Falling

↓57Julia#98
↓55Takashi#85
↓44Howard#88
↓37Janet#70
↓35Herman#94
↓34Minoru#66
↓34Philip#96
↓30Mitsuko#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.