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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,698 Hawaii births in 1932 across 335 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#25Amyoutside the national top 200
#41Alfredooutside the national top 200
#43Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#54Susumuoutside the national top 200
#56Yoshiooutside the national top 200
#59Mayoutside the national top 200
#62Hiroshioutside the national top 200
#64Kiyoshioutside the national top 200
#66Mitsuooutside the national top 200
#68Franciscooutside the national top 200
#69Hideooutside the national top 200
#72Suekooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary101US #1
#2Betty82US #2
#3Dorothy78US #4
#4Barbara73US #3
#5Helen73US #8
#6Jane70US #49
#7Florence68US #47
#8Alice65US #21
#9Mildred65US #26
#10Nancy60US #13
#11Janet54US #35
#12Lillian53US #48
#13Margaret52US #7
#14Doris48US #10
#15Grace48US #72
#16Jean48US #15
#17Beatrice47US #87
#18Eleanor45US #45
#19Ruth44US #11
#20Elizabeth42US #17
#21Frances42US #19
#22Irene40US #43
#23Dolores38US #18
#24Gladys36US #54
#25Amy35
#26Rose34US #33
#27Violet34US #132
#28Evelyn31US #23
#29Patricia31US #6
#30Elaine30US #68
#31Loretta30US #89
#32Lorraine30US #55
#33Shirley30US #9
#34Elsie29US #97
#35Katherine29US #95
#36Thelma28US #51
#37Edith27US #69
#38Ellen26US #104
#39Bernice25US #71
#40Martha25US #27
#41Ethel24US #66
#42Josephine24US #57
#43Marie24US #31
#44Joan23US #5
#45Charlotte21US #74
#46Joyce21US #12
#47Marjorie21US #37
#48Julia20US #92
#49June20US #44
#50Agnes19US #115
#51Clara19US #70
#52Lucy19US #128
#53Mabel18US #171
#54Anita17US #116
#55Beverly17US #28
#56Edna17US #50
#57Jeanette17US #106
#58Marilyn17US #16
#59May17
#60Annie16US #41
#61Geraldine16US #42
#62Harriet15US #149
#63Juanita15US #58
#64Marian15US #86
#65Sally15US #84
#66Virginia15US #14
#67Emily14US #168
#68Esther14US #82
#69Louise14US #36
#70Mae14US #141
#71Phyllis14US #30
#72Sueko14
#73Anna13US #24
#74Laura13US #88
#75Marion13US #73
#76Patsy13US #77
#77Rita13US #53
#78Setsuko13
#79Carol12US #32
#80Constance12US #99
#81Dora12US #143
#82Flora12
#83Genevieve12US #167
#84Pearl12US #138
#85Winona12
#86Angeline11
#87Audrey11US #61
#88Caroline11US #174
#89Catherine11US #39
#90Emiko11
#91Gertrude11US #124
#92Hazel11US #75
#93Winifred11
#94Alma10US #119
#95Bertha10US #101
#96Betsy10
#97Gwendolyn10US #198
#98Henrietta10
#99Jennie10US #163
#100Leatrice10

Boys

#1George199US #8
#2Richard157US #5
#3Robert146US #1
#4James142US #2
#5John110US #3
#6William107US #4
#7Charles87US #6
#8Thomas87US #10
#9Henry84US #23
#10Edward79US #11
#11Herbert70US #44
#12Joseph70US #9
#13Walter69US #21
#14Harry63US #32
#15Lawrence60US #35
#16David59US #12
#17Clarence56US #40
#18Kenneth56US #14
#19Albert55US #26
#20Stanley53US #52
#21Harold52US #18
#22Donald51US #7
#23Raymond49US #19
#24Frank38US #15
#25Ernest37US #47
#26Paul34US #13
#27Francis33US #43
#28Manuel33US #129
#29Alfred32US #49
#30Edwin30US #72
#31Gilbert29US #97
#32Wallace29US #117
#33Arthur28US #25
#34Benjamin27US #115
#35Ronald24US #16
#36Roy24US #38
#37Samuel21US #56
#38Eugene20US #22
#39Ralph20US #27
#40Daniel19US #42
#41Alfredo18
#42Norman18US #37
#43Wilfred18
#44Franklin17US #66
#45Anthony16US #45
#46Melvin16US #51
#47Andrew15US #69
#48Herman15US #89
#49Peter15US #62
#50Alexander14US #178
#51Allen14US #80
#52Frederick14US #73
#53Jack14US #17
#54Susumu14
#55Theodore14US #67
#56Yoshio14
#57Fred13US #33
#58Leonard13US #48
#59Alvin12US #87
#60Douglas12US #85
#61Earl12US #41
#62Hiroshi12
#63Jose12US #131
#64Kiyoshi12
#65Louis12US #39
#66Mitsuo12
#67Bernard11US #60
#68Francisco11
#69Hideo11
#70Howard11US #36
#71Philip11US #70
#72Stephen11US #124
#73Yukio11
#74Allan10US #153
#75Pedro10
#76Rudolph10US #158
#77Shigeo10
#78Akira9
#79Gordon9US #81
#80Kazuo9
#81Lloyd9US #71
#82Takeo9
#83Abraham8
#84Elmer8US #94
#85Mamoru8
#86Masao8
#87Minoru8
#88Nelson8
#89Noboru8
#90Reginald8
#91Warren8US #102
#92Abel7
#93Antonio7
#94Carl7US #28
#95Clifford7US #84
#96Gerald7US #24
#97Haruo7
#98Jacob7
#99Jerry7US #34
#100Larry7US #65

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑50Martha#40
↑44Anita#54
↑39Alfredo#41
↑38Allen#51
↑33Joyce#46
↑32May#59
↑31Susumu#54
↑29Jack#53

Falling

↓60Clifford#95
↓39Hazel#92
↓39Noboru#89
↓36Harriet#62
↓33Gerald#96
↓32Audrey#87
↓32Howard#70
↓29Haruo#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.