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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,787 Hawaii births in 1930 across 349 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#38Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#41Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#42Lilyoutside the national top 200
#44Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#46Mitsuooutside the national top 200
#47Mayoutside the national top 200
#51Hiroshioutside the national top 200
#52Sumikooutside the national top 200
#52Masaooutside the national top 200
#53Alfredooutside the national top 200
#58Sachikooutside the national top 200
#58Hideooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary122US #1
#2Helen96US #4
#3Betty88US #2
#4Alice79US #20
#5Margaret74US #5
#6Mildred71US #21
#7Dorothy63US #3
#8Nancy60US #24
#9Jane58US #55
#10Rose57US #29
#11Lillian48US #44
#12Doris46US #9
#13Elizabeth46US #15
#14Evelyn46US #19
#15Florence46US #38
#16Grace42US #62
#17Violet40US #120
#18Eleanor38US #39
#19Irene38US #33
#20Beatrice37US #76
#21Janet35US #53
#22Ruth35US #10
#23Annie34US #40
#24Josephine33US #49
#25Thelma33US #45
#26Edith32US #61
#27Mabel32US #150
#28Virginia32US #12
#29Bernice31US #58
#30Gladys31US #48
#31Jean31US #14
#32Ethel30US #65
#33Frances29US #16
#34Shirley29US #11
#35Lorraine28US #46
#36Barbara27US #6
#37Dolores26US #13
#38Clara25US #64
#39Elaine25US #69
#40Elsie25US #88
#41Katherine25US #85
#42Lily25
#43Julia24US #90
#44Agnes21US #102
#45Harriet21US #138
#46Patricia21US #7
#47May20
#48Vivian20US #91
#49Loretta19US #105
#50Maria19US #99
#51Sally19US #98
#52Sumiko19
#53Ellen18US #100
#54Esther18US #77
#55Juanita18US #57
#56June18US #47
#57Marion18US #60
#58Sachiko18
#59Amy16
#60Emiko16
#61Flora16US #174
#62Hazel16US #71
#63Marian16US #80
#64Marjorie16US #32
#65Bertha15US #95
#66Edna15US #51
#67Yoshiko15
#68Cecilia14
#69Charlotte14US #75
#70Joan14US #8
#71Yaeko14
#72Aileen13
#73Betsy13
#74Carol13US #54
#75Caroline13US #172
#76Chieko13
#77Hilda13US #158
#78Lucy13US #119
#79Pearl13US #121
#80Sueko13
#81Anna12US #23
#82Jacqueline12US #74
#83Marie12US #26
#84Miyoko12
#85Theresa12US #50
#86Yoshie12
#87Akiko11
#88Emily11US #154
#89Geraldine11US #43
#90Jennie11US #152
#91Joyce11US #18
#92Matsue11
#93Victoria11
#94Winona11
#95Anita10US #115
#96Bessie10US #108
#97Catherine10US #35
#98Gertrude10US #96
#99Mitsuko10
#100Priscilla10

Boys

#1George190US #8
#2Richard145US #5
#3James144US #2
#4Robert115US #1
#5Henry99US #22
#6William99US #4
#7John92US #3
#8Joseph91US #9
#9Edward79US #10
#10Raymond74US #16
#11Stanley74US #49
#12Charles72US #6
#13Herbert72US #35
#14Harry70US #28
#15Thomas64US #11
#16Albert63US #24
#17Kenneth59US #17
#18Lawrence55US #36
#19David54US #15
#20Harold54US #18
#21Walter52US #19
#22Francis49US #42
#23Donald48US #7
#24Daniel38US #47
#25Paul37US #12
#26Clarence36US #39
#27Gilbert36US #90
#28Samuel35US #55
#29Frank33US #13
#30Alfred31US #46
#31Ernest31US #43
#32Benjamin29US #115
#33Howard26US #31
#34Arthur25US #23
#35Edwin25US #66
#36Manuel25US #121
#37Peter22US #56
#38Wilfred21
#39Alexander19US #168
#40Louis19US #34
#41Yoshio19
#42Fred18US #32
#43Wallace18US #112
#44Abraham17
#45Jack17US #14
#46Mitsuo17
#47Norman17US #40
#48Ronald17US #37
#49Roy17US #33
#50Frederick16US #74
#51Hiroshi16
#52Masao16
#53Alfredo15
#54Clifford15US #73
#55Ralph15US #25
#56Theodore15US #67
#57Earl14US #38
#58Hideo14
#59Jose14US #113
#60Andrew13US #62
#61Douglas13US #89
#62Haruo13
#63Kazuo13
#64Herman12US #78
#65Isamu12
#66Kiyoshi12
#67Bernard11US #52
#68Leonard11US #45
#69Philip11US #75
#70Shigeo11
#71Shigeru11
#72Susumu11
#73Yukio11
#74Alvin10US #79
#75Antonio10US #189
#76Calvin10US #111
#77Eugene10US #21
#78Francisco10
#79Melvin10US #50
#80Minoru10
#81Tamotsu10
#82Michael9US #54
#83Noboru9
#84Patrick9US #118
#85Pedro9
#86Rudolph9US #140
#87Sadao9
#88Satoru9
#89Akira8
#90Anthony8US #44
#91Juan8US #164
#92Masaru8
#93Tadashi8
#94Takeo8
#95Toshio8
#96Antone7
#97Carl7US #26
#98Clement7
#99Gordon7US #77
#100Masato7

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑58Fred#42
↑52Alexander#39
↑43Maria#50
↑33Ralph#55
↑31Frederick#50
↑31Douglas#61
↑30Ronald#48
↑26Howard#33

Falling

↓51Akira#89
↓47Miyoko#84
↓44Geraldine#89
↓44Toshio#95
↓38Takeo#94
↓36Patrick#84
↓33Catherine#97
↓32Masaru#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.