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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,102 Hawaii births in 1937 across 298 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#23Amyoutside the national top 200
#47Winonaoutside the national top 200
#48Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#39Violet#177 nationally
#63Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#67Angelineoutside the national top 200
#68Betsyoutside the national top 200
#24Harriet#154 nationally
#71Genevieveoutside the national top 200
#72Leilanioutside the national top 200
#73Mabeloutside the national top 200
#74Pedrooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara88US #2
#2Jane77US #42
#3Betty73US #5
#4Shirley71US #4
#5Mary69US #1
#6Patricia59US #3
#7Jean58US #23
#8Janet53US #18
#9Helen48US #12
#10Frances47US #19
#11Elizabeth46US #17
#12Nancy45US #7
#13Irene43US #62
#14Margaret42US #10
#15Carol41US #6
#16Florence40US #81
#17Dorothy38US #8
#18Lorraine38US #83
#19Elaine35US #45
#20Eleanor35US #53
#21June34US #71
#22Alice33US #28
#23Amy33
#24Harriet32US #154
#25Lillian32US #84
#26Doris30US #22
#27Loretta30US #63
#28Evelyn29US #36
#29Sylvia29US #50
#30Gladys27US #86
#31Charlotte26US #67
#32Dolores26US #37
#33Joyce25US #11
#34Patsy25US #54
#35Rose25US #38
#36Ruth25US #15
#37Mildred24US #43
#38Thelma24US #78
#39Violet23US #177
#40Elsie22US #125
#41Edith21US #96
#42Josephine21US #82
#43Ruby21US #52
#44Jeanette20US #90
#45Joan19US #9
#46Virginia19US #16
#47Winona19
#48Annette18US #115
#49Janice18US #25
#50Norma18US #33
#51Sally18US #59
#52Vivian18US #127
#53Beatrice17US #120
#54Grace17US #94
#55Agnes16US #153
#56Bernice16US #104
#57Edna16US #74
#58Ethel16US #88
#59Geraldine16US #44
#60Mae16US #185
#61Marilyn16US #13
#62Audrey15US #85
#63Ellen15US #102
#64Gloria15US #32
#65Gwendolyn15US #184
#66Yvonne15US #77
#67Angeline14
#68Betsy14
#69Caroline14US #181
#70Clara14US #100
#71Genevieve14
#72Leilani14
#73Mabel14
#74Roberta14US #66
#75Sarah14US #65
#76Catherine13US #47
#77Jacqueline13US #70
#78Lois13US #29
#79Louise13US #48
#80Maria13US #123
#81Marjorie13US #57
#82Miriam13
#83Winifred13
#84Ann12US #30
#85Lily12
#86Aileen11
#87Annie11US #46
#88Beverly11US #14
#89Carolyn11US #20
#90Diane11US #76
#91Emily11US #161
#92Juanita11US #75
#93Judith11US #34
#94Judy11US #91
#95Katherine11US #103
#96May11
#97Phyllis11US #27
#98Theresa11US #95
#99Carole10US #56
#100Diana10US #157

Boys

#1Robert166US #1
#2Richard137US #5
#3George134US #10
#4James123US #2
#5John105US #3
#6William92US #4
#7Ronald81US #11
#8Stanley79US #57
#9Joseph76US #12
#10Edward73US #13
#11Donald70US #7
#12Kenneth70US #14
#13Thomas64US #9
#14Roy56US #40
#15Charles54US #6
#16David54US #8
#17Henry53US #30
#18Francis52US #55
#19Raymond50US #19
#20Paul49US #15
#21Walter48US #26
#22Lawrence44US #38
#23Harold42US #21
#24Albert41US #37
#25Herbert40US #65
#26Harry35US #41
#27Ernest34US #53
#28Norman33US #43
#29Benjamin30US #119
#30Frank29US #18
#31Edwin28US #89
#32Eugene28US #33
#33Frederick28US #68
#34Clarence27US #54
#35Daniel27US #39
#36Melvin27US #50
#37Samuel27US #66
#38Michael26US #27
#39Howard25US #42
#40Ralph23US #34
#41Gordon22US #75
#42Wallace22US #133
#43Alvin21US #99
#44Anthony21US #47
#45Gerald21US #20
#46Gilbert20US #112
#47Peter18US #52
#48Wilfred18
#49Larry17US #16
#50Patrick17US #94
#51Earl16US #48
#52Gary16US #29
#53Alfred15US #60
#54Calvin15US #125
#55Clifford15US #90
#56Douglas15US #74
#57Jack15US #23
#58Jerry15US #17
#59Andrew14US #79
#60Herman14US #101
#61Louis14US #46
#62Manuel14US #138
#63Reginald14
#64Leroy13US #56
#65Theodore13US #86
#66Franklin12US #77
#67Fred12US #35
#68Allan11US #124
#69Arthur11US #31
#70Alexander10US #191
#71Allen10US #76
#72Carl10US #28
#73Milton10US #121
#74Pedro10
#75Stephen10US #92
#76Warren10US #106
#77Jose9US #142
#78Leslie9US #131
#79Philip9US #62
#80Rodney9US #151
#81Abraham8
#82Alfredo8
#83Arnold8US #111
#84Bernard8US #73
#85Dennis8US #63
#86Francisco8
#87Martin8US #87
#88Vernon8US #96
#89Chester7US #129
#90Edmund7
#91Roland7US #126
#92Solomon7
#93Wayne7US #44
#94Alan6US #103
#95Antone6
#96Gabriel6
#97Jon6US #150
#98Lloyd6US #91
#99Moses6
#100Nelson6US #194

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑38Annette#48
↑33Andrew#59
↑31Gary#52
↑30Norma#50
↑29Winona#47
↑26Ruby#43
↑25Reginald#63
↑24Charlotte#31

Falling

↓59Katherine#95
↓46May#96
↓44Judith#93
↓31Ann#84
↓30Ellen#63
↓28Mildred#37
↓28Beverly#88
↓27Philip#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.