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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,988 Hawaii births in 1928 across 373 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#28Lilyoutside the national top 200
#38Hiroshioutside the national top 200
#39Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#40Masaooutside the national top 200
#41Setsukooutside the national top 200
#41Tatsuooutside the national top 200
#43Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#44Shigeruoutside the national top 200
#45Toshiooutside the national top 200
#47Mitsuooutside the national top 200
#48Franciscooutside the national top 200
#50Yoshikooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Helen114US #4
#2Mary111US #1
#3Betty97US #2
#4Margaret95US #5
#5Dorothy90US #3
#6Alice86US #19
#7Mildred76US #15
#8Florence58US #32
#9Rose58US #24
#10Elizabeth55US #14
#11Gladys53US #41
#12Lillian51US #35
#13Grace44US #52
#14Doris43US #7
#15Frances41US #13
#16Ruth39US #6
#17Irene38US #28
#18Jane37US #62
#19Katherine37US #75
#20Beatrice36US #70
#21Evelyn36US #17
#22Edith35US #56
#23Esther35US #66
#24Mabel35US #135
#25Eleanor33US #36
#26Annie31US #37
#27Ethel30US #55
#28Lily30
#29Violet30US #113
#30Virginia30US #9
#31Thelma29US #40
#32Nancy28US #43
#33Agnes27US #85
#34Elsie26US #73
#35Ellen25US #98
#36Harriet25US #133
#37Josephine25US #42
#38Barbara24US #8
#39Bernice23US #53
#40Edna23US #45
#41Setsuko22
#42Clara21US #65
#43Julia21US #80
#44Elaine20US #68
#45Laura20US #83
#46Lorraine20US #39
#47Hazel19US #59
#48Janet19US #95
#49Martha19US #22
#50Yoshiko19
#51Amy18
#52Anna18US #16
#53Jean18US #12
#54Marjorie18US #29
#55Sumiko18
#56Dolores17US #20
#57Gertrude17US #86
#58May17
#59Miyoko17
#60Yaeko17
#61Ramona16US #117
#62Ruby15US #34
#63Sueko15
#64Winifred15
#65Juanita14US #58
#66Kiyoko14
#67Marie14US #21
#68Pearl14US #110
#69Vivian14US #78
#70Charlotte13US #72
#71Gloria13US #25
#72Harue13
#73June13US #44
#74Louise13US #31
#75Lucy13US #112
#76Miriam13US #168
#77Mitsuko13
#78Patricia13US #11
#79Shizue13
#80Theresa13US #49
#81Tomiko13
#82Catherine12US #33
#83Cecilia12
#84Chieko12
#85Emily12US #150
#86Kazuko12
#87Pauline12US #48
#88Rebecca12US #183
#89Shirley12US #10
#90Winona12
#91Yoshie12
#92Aiko11
#93Fumie11
#94Fumiko11
#95Hatsue11
#96Hilda11US #148
#97Jeanette11US #126
#98Maria11US #105
#99Nora11US #191
#100Priscilla11

Boys

#1George232US #8
#2James152US #3
#3Richard143US #6
#4William125US #4
#5Henry117US #21
#6John111US #2
#7Robert111US #1
#8Edward81US #10
#9Charles78US #5
#10Joseph73US #9
#11Walter73US #18
#12Albert68US #23
#13Herbert66US #25
#14David62US #19
#15Harry62US #26
#16Raymond52US #16
#17Clarence45US #35
#18Kenneth44US #17
#19Thomas44US #11
#20Harold43US #14
#21Alfred42US #33
#22Benjamin41US #106
#23Frank41US #12
#24Daniel39US #47
#25Ernest39US #43
#26Paul38US #13
#27Donald36US #7
#28Samuel34US #52
#29Francis33US #40
#30Stanley29US #45
#31Edwin26US #58
#32Manuel25US #111
#33Howard24US #31
#34Arthur23US #22
#35Lawrence23US #38
#36Peter23US #56
#37Gilbert21US #96
#38Hiroshi21
#39Kiyoshi20
#40Masao20
#41Tatsuo20
#42Wallace20US #104
#43Yoshio20
#44Shigeru19
#45Toshio19
#46Louis17US #32
#47Mitsuo17
#48Francisco16
#49Alvin15US #72
#50Fred15US #36
#51Roy15US #34
#52Clifford14US #68
#53Antonio13US #190
#54Frederick13US #67
#55Masaru13
#56Susumu13
#57Theodore13US #66
#58Alexander12US #152
#59Eugene12US #20
#60Herman12US #78
#61Moses12
#62Norman12US #39
#63Ronald12US #50
#64Tamotsu12
#65Wilfred12
#66Yukio12
#67Abraham11
#68Hideo11
#69Michael11US #53
#70Nobuo11
#71Patrick11US #132
#72Takeo11
#73Takeshi11
#74Tsutomu11
#75Anthony10US #44
#76Earl10US #37
#77Edmund10US #163
#78Makoto10
#79Minoru10
#80Pedro10
#81Philip10US #73
#82Takashi10
#83Tetsuo10
#84Akira9
#85Carl9US #28
#86Isamu9
#87Jack9US #15
#88Kenji9
#89Reginald9
#90Sadao9
#91Stephen9US #130
#92Vernon9US #70
#93Warren9US #85
#94Alfredo8
#95Allan8US #171
#96Antone8
#97Bernard8US #49
#98Calvin8US #94
#99Gordon8US #77
#100Isami8

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑55Julia#43
↑55Howard#33
↑40Laura#45
↑37Alvin#49
↑34Herman#60
↑30Fred#50
↑28Lily#28
↑28Moses#61

Falling

↓53Fumiko#94
↓44Kazuko#86
↓40Jean#53
↓38Maria#98
↓37Akira#84
↓36Kiyoko#66
↓35Isamu#86
↓26Takeo#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.