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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,544 Hawaii births in 1931 across 343 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#40Amyoutside the national top 200
#41Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#42Franciscooutside the national top 200
#44Lilyoutside the national top 200
#50Noboruoutside the national top 200
#56Mitsuooutside the national top 200
#59Akiraoutside the national top 200
#63Miyokooutside the national top 200
#64Suekooutside the national top 200
#64Pedrooutside the national top 200
#66Antoneoutside the national top 200
#68Leilanioutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary114US #1
#2Betty105US #2
#3Alice87US #21
#4Helen87US #6
#5Dorothy78US #3
#6Florence73US #43
#7Margaret62US #7
#8Jane59US #50
#9Mildred59US #26
#10Elizabeth48US #16
#11Barbara46US #4
#12Doris46US #10
#13Lillian46US #47
#14Nancy46US #17
#15Ruth45US #11
#16Gladys41US #55
#17Grace39US #70
#18Josephine39US #51
#19Frances38US #18
#20Elaine36US #72
#21Eleanor36US #40
#22Jean36US #13
#23Rose36US #30
#24Violet35US #132
#25Beatrice33US #85
#26Harriet32US #143
#27Janet31US #45
#28Patricia31US #8
#29Agnes30US #103
#30Ethel29US #67
#31Evelyn28US #24
#32June28US #44
#33Lorraine28US #49
#34Dolores27US #14
#35Elsie27US #86
#36Loretta26US #96
#37Bernice25US #63
#38Clara24US #61
#39Irene24US #37
#40Amy23
#41Ellen23US #99
#42Edith22US #65
#43Shirley22US #9
#44Lily21
#45Norma21US #22
#46Thelma21US #53
#47Charlotte20US #75
#48Mabel19US #174
#49Joan18US #5
#50Sally18US #97
#51Virginia18US #12
#52Edna17US #52
#53Hazel17US #74
#54Katherine17US #92
#55Audrey16US #64
#56Vivian16US #82
#57Annie15US #41
#58Genevieve15US #145
#59Juanita15US #57
#60Julia15US #91
#61Marie15US #27
#62Marjorie15US #34
#63Miyoko15
#64Sueko15
#65Beverly14US #31
#66Caroline14US #165
#67Esther14US #79
#68Leilani14
#69Maria14US #109
#70Marian14US #84
#71Marion14US #66
#72Pearl14US #137
#73Geraldine13US #38
#74Gloria13US #23
#75Jeanette13US #105
#76Kiyoko13
#77Winifred13
#78Flora12US #188
#79Joyce12US #15
#80Laura12US #89
#81Ruby12US #39
#82Theresa12US #59
#83Anna11US #25
#84Betsy11
#85Carol11US #46
#86Catherine11US #36
#87Gertrude11US #115
#88Kathleen11US #87
#89Mae11US #141
#90Martha11US #28
#91May11
#92Myrtle11US #134
#93Patsy11US #83
#94Rita11US #48
#95Rosalina11
#96Shizue11
#97Sumiko11
#98Anita10US #117
#99Emiko10
#100Leatrice10

Boys

#1George167US #8
#2Robert145US #1
#3James137US #2
#4Richard128US #5
#5William104US #4
#6John90US #3
#7Joseph85US #9
#8Thomas81US #10
#9Henry78US #22
#10Edward73US #11
#11Charles71US #6
#12Herbert69US #41
#13Donald68US #7
#14Harry66US #30
#15Raymond61US #17
#16Walter59US #20
#17Albert54US #24
#18Lawrence53US #38
#19David51US #13
#20Kenneth51US #14
#21Stanley45US #49
#22Harold44US #18
#23Paul44US #12
#24Samuel44US #56
#25Ernest35US #47
#26Gilbert35US #92
#27Francis33US #42
#28Daniel32US #44
#29Wallace32US #114
#30Benjamin31US #113
#31Frank31US #16
#32Clarence28US #39
#33Arthur27US #23
#34Alfred25US #50
#35Clifford22US #75
#36Edwin22US #67
#37Peter22US #61
#38Howard21US #34
#39Manuel19US #132
#40Melvin19US #51
#41Wilfred19
#42Francisco18
#43Frederick18US #73
#44Roy18US #35
#45Herman17US #83
#46Norman16US #36
#47Alexander15US #172
#48Douglas15US #85
#49Jose15US #126
#50Noboru15
#51Ralph15US #25
#52Theodore15US #70
#53Anthony14US #46
#54Bernard14US #54
#55Louis14US #37
#56Mitsuo14
#57Patrick14US #111
#58Ronald14US #27
#59Akira13
#60Allan13US #151
#61Earl13US #40
#62Eugene13US #21
#63Gerald13US #26
#64Pedro13
#65Alvin12US #80
#66Antone12
#67Fred12US #33
#68Haruo12
#69Hideo12
#70Kiyoshi12
#71Leonard12US #48
#72Yoshio12
#73Yukio12
#74Andrew11US #65
#75Hiroshi11
#76Minoru11
#77Moses11
#78Abraham10
#79Philip10US #71
#80Alfredo9
#81Edmund9US #184
#82Jack9US #15
#83Michael9US #55
#84Milton9US #99
#85Susumu9
#86Toshio9
#87Victor9US #109
#88Yoshito9
#89Allen8US #79
#90Calvin8US #119
#91Carl8US #28
#92Juan8US #180
#93Rodney8US #187
#94Tadashi8
#95Adam7
#96Felix7
#97Jerry7US #43
#98Kazuo7
#99Takashi7
#100Takeo7

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑39Melvin#40
↑37Anthony#53
↑36Francisco#42
↑33Noboru#50
↑30Akira#59
↑30Antone#66
↑27Patrick#57
↑25Barbara#11

Falling

↓45Sumiko#97
↓44May#91
↓39Emiko#99
↓37Jack#82
↓35Kazuo#98
↓34Annie#57
↓34Abraham#78
↓31Yoshio#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.