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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,604 Hawaii births in 1936 across 277 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#44Amyoutside the national top 200
#46Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#49Alexander#200 nationally
#50Mayoutside the national top 200
#26Violet#169 nationally
#67Lilyoutside the national top 200
#68Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#76Winonaoutside the national top 200
#79Mabeloutside the national top 200
#79Antoniooutside the national top 200
#80Bertoutside the national top 200
#83Rositaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Shirley92US #2
#2Jane77US #42
#3Barbara75US #3
#4Jean72US #20
#5Helen61US #11
#6Mary59US #1
#7Betty58US #4
#8Eleanor49US #47
#9Mildred48US #40
#10Nancy47US #8
#11Lillian45US #79
#12Alice43US #27
#13Janet43US #21
#14Margaret41US #9
#15Irene40US #57
#16Patricia39US #5
#17Elizabeth38US #18
#18Frances38US #19
#19June37US #62
#20Dorothy35US #6
#21Florence35US #80
#22Elaine32US #50
#23Lorraine32US #76
#24Dolores31US #30
#25Doris31US #15
#26Violet30US #169
#27Edith29US #87
#28Ruth29US #16
#29Carol28US #10
#30Joyce28US #12
#31Sylvia28US #53
#32Josephine27US #77
#33Ellen25US #99
#34Grace25US #86
#35Patsy25US #52
#36Katherine23US #100
#37Ethel22US #90
#38Gladys22US #84
#39Loretta22US #70
#40Rose22US #37
#41Beatrice21US #121
#42Evelyn21US #34
#43Joan21US #7
#44Amy20
#45Harriet20US #154
#46Vivian20US #115
#47Geraldine19US #41
#48Elsie18US #123
#49Judith18US #43
#50May18
#51Thelma18US #74
#52Virginia18US #14
#53Ann17US #28
#54Audrey17US #68
#55Charlotte17US #61
#56Mae17US #170
#57Roberta17US #64
#58Esther16US #107
#59Maria16US #120
#60Beverly15US #17
#61Edna15US #71
#62Jeanette15US #94
#63Marie15US #33
#64Marilyn15US #13
#65Annie14US #45
#66Catherine14US #44
#67Lily14
#68Priscilla14
#69Ruby14US #51
#70Anna13US #36
#71Caroline13US #177
#72Hazel13US #96
#73Marjorie13US #49
#74Martha13US #24
#75Yvonne13US #81
#76Winona12
#77Agnes11US #139
#78Arlene11US #54
#79Mabel11
#80Norma11US #29
#81Pauline11US #82
#82Pearl11US #172
#83Rosita11
#84Sarah11US #63
#85Aileen10
#86Annette10US #125
#87Cecilia10
#88Genevieve10
#89Gertrude10US #156
#90Helene10
#91Juanita10US #75
#92Louise10US #46
#93Clara9US #91
#94Doreen9
#95Emily9US #171
#96Julia9US #105
#97Kay9US #98
#98Lois9US #26
#99Marian9US #114
#100Marion9US #93

Boys

#1Richard142US #5
#2Robert132US #1
#3George128US #9
#4James122US #2
#5William90US #4
#6John86US #3
#7Donald72US #7
#8Stanley72US #58
#9Kenneth69US #14
#10Joseph68US #11
#11Edward66US #13
#12Thomas66US #8
#13Charles60US #6
#14David58US #10
#15Albert56US #34
#16Ronald55US #12
#17Harold49US #21
#18Henry43US #28
#19Walter43US #26
#20Herbert42US #62
#21Roy42US #42
#22Paul39US #15
#23Raymond39US #17
#24Ernest36US #55
#25Lawrence36US #37
#26Francis33US #50
#27Harry33US #39
#28Edwin32US #84
#29Clarence30US #52
#30Alfred29US #60
#31Daniel29US #41
#32Gilbert27US #113
#33Howard26US #40
#34Benjamin24US #123
#35Patrick23US #100
#36Frederick22US #70
#37Melvin22US #53
#38Norman22US #43
#39Clifford20US #90
#40Eugene20US #29
#41Ralph19US #31
#42Frank18US #16
#43Gerald18US #19
#44Michael18US #33
#45Wallace18US #130
#46Wilfred18
#47Peter17US #56
#48Samuel17US #67
#49Alexander14US #200
#50Allen14US #81
#51Alvin14US #96
#52Philip14US #63
#53Warren14US #95
#54Arthur13US #30
#55Franklin13US #64
#56Jerry13US #18
#57Larry13US #25
#58Calvin12US #124
#59Carl12US #27
#60Douglas12US #78
#61Fred12US #36
#62Bernard11US #68
#63Earl11US #47
#64Gordon11US #75
#65Jack11US #20
#66Leonard11US #54
#67Theodore11US #87
#68Anthony10US #48
#69Milton10US #120
#70Herman9US #105
#71Leroy9US #57
#72Rodney9US #152
#73Stephen9US #99
#74Vernon9US #93
#75Victor9US #116
#76Jose8US #139
#77Lloyd8US #88
#78Louis8US #44
#79Antonio7
#80Bert7
#81Dennis7US #74
#82Edgar7US #143
#83Gary7US #38
#84Juan7
#85Leslie7US #128
#86Manuel7US #135
#87Maurice7US #137
#88Reginald7
#89Abraham6
#90Alan6US #108
#91Alfredo6
#92Andrew6US #83
#93Edmund6
#94Francisco6
#95Gabriel6
#96Jacob6
#97Lionel6
#98Paulino6
#99Phillip6US #102
#100Ray6US #65

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑54Patsy#35
↑38Vivian#46
↑31Geraldine#47
↑31Audrey#54
↑31Patrick#35
↑29Gerald#43
↑28Anna#70
↑24Frederick#36

Falling

↓44Alfredo#91
↓43Juanita#91
↓37Manuel#86
↓32Marian#99
↓30Theodore#67
↓26Arthur#54
↓24Anthony#68
↓24Louis#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.