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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,752 Hawaii births in 1929 across 368 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#35Hiroshioutside the national top 200
#37Miyokooutside the national top 200
#37Mitsuooutside the national top 200
#38Akiraoutside the national top 200
#40Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#41Amyoutside the national top 200
#41Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#42Hideooutside the national top 200
#44Masaooutside the national top 200
#46Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#49Lilyoutside the national top 200
#49Susumuoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Helen109US #4
#2Mary108US #1
#3Alice90US #21
#4Dorothy89US #3
#5Betty84US #2
#6Mildred72US #18
#7Elizabeth68US #15
#8Margaret67US #5
#9Doris59US #6
#10Lillian53US #40
#11Gladys49US #44
#12Beatrice48US #72
#13Florence48US #35
#14Rose46US #26
#15Eleanor45US #38
#16Violet43US #111
#17Evelyn42US #19
#18Frances42US #16
#19Nancy42US #32
#20Katherine38US #84
#21Grace35US #54
#22Irene32US #29
#23Ethel31US #56
#24Jane31US #62
#25Barbara29US #7
#26Dolores29US #14
#27Lorraine29US #42
#28Agnes28US #94
#29Edith27US #59
#30Ruth27US #8
#31Josephine26US #45
#32Mabel25US #147
#33Bernice24US #55
#34Marjorie23US #30
#35Annie22US #37
#36Hazel22US #64
#37Miyoko22
#38Elsie21US #78
#39Harriet21US #135
#40Thelma21US #41
#41Amy20
#42Ellen20US #97
#43Janet20US #82
#44Patricia20US #10
#45Geraldine19US #43
#46Jean19US #12
#47Virginia19US #11
#48Elaine18US #67
#49Lily18
#50May18
#51Sumiko18
#52Anna17US #20
#53Esther17US #71
#54Yaeko17
#55Yoshie17
#56Edna16US #51
#57Marian16US #75
#58Caroline15US #171
#59Clara15US #65
#60June15US #48
#61Masako15
#62Setsuko15
#63Vivian15US #81
#64Catherine14US #34
#65Hilda14US #157
#66Julia14US #88
#67Lucy14US #116
#68Pearl14US #114
#69Theresa14US #49
#70Yoshiko14
#71Yukie14
#72Audrey13US #58
#73Emiko13
#74Fusae13
#75Haruko13
#76Juanita13US #60
#77Kimiko13
#78Marion13US #53
#79Mitsuko13
#80Sadako13
#81Victoria13
#82Aiko12
#83Anita12US #125
#84Dora12US #141
#85Emily12US #151
#86Flora12US #179
#87Gertrude12US #95
#88Joan12US #13
#89Joyce12US #23
#90Kimie12
#91Kiyoko12
#92Mae12US #132
#93Maria12US #100
#94Marie12US #22
#95Nobuko12
#96Sarah12US #68
#97Shizue12
#98Adeline11
#99Carol11US #63
#100Daisy11US #182

Boys

#1George193US #8
#2James151US #2
#3Richard129US #6
#4Robert121US #1
#5William119US #4
#6John109US #3
#7Henry101US #21
#8Herbert95US #25
#9Joseph87US #9
#10Edward78US #10
#11Charles75US #5
#12Walter66US #19
#13Harry65US #27
#14David59US #17
#15Albert50US #24
#16Lawrence46US #38
#17Raymond44US #15
#18Kenneth42US #18
#19Clarence41US #37
#20Thomas40US #11
#21Francis37US #39
#22Harold37US #16
#23Donald36US #7
#24Stanley35US #48
#25Alfred32US #41
#26Daniel32US #47
#27Benjamin31US #107
#28Frank30US #12
#29Paul29US #13
#30Gilbert28US #91
#31Samuel28US #53
#32Louis27US #32
#33Wallace26US #106
#34Arthur25US #22
#35Hiroshi25
#36Ernest22US #43
#37Mitsuo22
#38Akira20
#39Manuel20US #111
#40Wilfred20
#41Yoshio20
#42Hideo18
#43Peter18US #55
#44Masao17
#45Edwin16US #66
#46Abraham15
#47Jose15US #108
#48Patrick15US #121
#49Susumu15
#50Takashi15
#51Toshio15
#52Alfredo14
#53Herman14US #75
#54Minoru14
#55Roy14US #35
#56Takeo14
#57Bernard13US #52
#58Clifford13US #72
#59Howard13US #31
#60Masaru13
#61Norman13US #40
#62Sadao12
#63Yukio12
#64Andrew11US #59
#65Kazuo11
#66Shigeo11
#67Takeshi11
#68Theodore11US #65
#69Tsuneo11
#70Warren11US #92
#71Allen10US #86
#72Antonio10US #186
#73Eugene10US #20
#74Kiyoshi10
#75Masami10
#76Noboru10
#77Pedro10
#78Ronald10US #45
#79Antone9
#80Earl9US #36
#81Frederick9US #67
#82Isamu9
#83Martin9US #83
#84Masayuki9
#85Moses9
#86Nobuo9
#87Philip9US #76
#88Ralph9US #26
#89Shigeru9
#90Solomon9
#91Alexander8US #156
#92Douglas8US #97
#93Edmund8US #171
#94Francisco8
#95Milton8US #94
#96Teruo8
#97Tetsuo8
#98Alvin7US #77
#99Calvin7US #109
#100Fred7US #34

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑46Akira#38
↑42Alfredo#52
↑40Bernard#57
↑36Yoshie#55
↑34Patricia#44
↑32Takashi#50
↑31Hilda#65
↑30Dolores#26

Falling

↓50Fred#100
↓49Alvin#98
↓46Francisco#94
↓45Shigeru#89
↓35Kiyoshi#74
↓33Alexander#91
↓30Esther#53
↓30Gertrude#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.