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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,302 Hawaii births in 1938 across 305 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#24Amyoutside the national top 200
#33Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#46Violet#194 nationally
#61Mayoutside the national top 200
#64Melvynoutside the national top 200
#71Murieloutside the national top 200
#73Carmenoutside the national top 200
#55Caroline#181 nationally
#68Alexander#193 nationally
#77Mosesoutside the national top 200
#79Alfredooutside the national top 200
#80Antoniooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara83US #2
#2Patricia79US #3
#3Jean74US #27
#4Jane69US #44
#5Mary63US #1
#6Betty52US #4
#7Nancy51US #7
#8Janet50US #16
#9Shirley50US #5
#10Carol49US #6
#11Mildred42US #52
#12Alice40US #29
#13Elaine39US #42
#14Grace39US #100
#15Helen39US #13
#16Doris38US #25
#17Frances38US #23
#18Elizabeth36US #17
#19Dorothy35US #8
#20Margaret35US #9
#21Evelyn34US #38
#22Eleanor32US #60
#23Lorraine32US #93
#24Amy31
#25Ellen31US #89
#26Florence31US #90
#27Judith31US #12
#28Jeanette30US #91
#29Lillian30US #88
#30Geraldine28US #45
#31Loretta28US #62
#32Sylvia28US #56
#33Irene27US #72
#34Ruth27US #21
#35Dolores25US #43
#36Josephine25US #83
#37June25US #79
#38Gladys24US #103
#39Yvonne24US #101
#40Charlotte23US #70
#41Beatrice22US #125
#42Joan22US #10
#43Joyce22US #11
#44Katherine22US #105
#45Sally22US #54
#46Violet22US #194
#47Elsie20US #137
#48Ethel20US #94
#49Harriet20US #158
#50Rose20US #39
#51Thelma20US #86
#52Carole19US #46
#53Pauline19US #97
#54Beverly18US #18
#55Caroline18US #181
#56Gloria18US #36
#57Marie18US #37
#58Carolyn17US #15
#59Audrey16US #87
#60Marjorie16US #53
#61May16
#62Patsy16US #55
#63Marion15US #118
#64Sandra15US #14
#65Virginia15US #22
#66Agnes14US #157
#67Ann14US #32
#68Jacqueline14US #69
#69Juanita14US #80
#70Marilyn14US #19
#71Muriel14
#72Pearl14US #189
#73Carmen13
#74Clara13US #98
#75Kay13US #81
#76Naomi13US #166
#77Ruby13US #61
#78Anita12US #99
#79Diana12US #151
#80Esther12US #120
#81Leilani12
#82Louise12US #59
#83Myrna12US #134
#84Rosita12
#85Winifred12
#86Winona12
#87Janice11US #24
#88Judy11US #41
#89Julia11US #107
#90Laura11US #108
#91Lynette11
#92Marian11US #128
#93Martha11US #26
#94Miriam11
#95Annie10US #47
#96Arlene10US #63
#97Edna10US #82
#98Marlene10US #51
#99Maxine10US #130
#100Norma10US #34

Boys

#1Robert201US #1
#2James131US #2
#3George123US #11
#4Richard122US #5
#5John107US #3
#6Kenneth93US #14
#7William91US #4
#8Edward84US #13
#9Stanley83US #59
#10Thomas81US #9
#11Roy73US #41
#12Ronald69US #10
#13Donald59US #7
#14Joseph58US #12
#15David57US #8
#16Charles56US #6
#17Harold54US #23
#18Raymond48US #20
#19Lawrence47US #36
#20Paul47US #15
#21Walter45US #26
#22Edwin43US #90
#23Henry43US #30
#24Harry42US #44
#25Benjamin36US #125
#26Francis36US #51
#27Daniel34US #39
#28Albert32US #37
#29Herbert32US #68
#30Michael31US #21
#31Wallace29US #139
#32Melvin28US #54
#33Wilfred28
#34Alvin27US #98
#35Ernest27US #55
#36Anthony26US #46
#37Clarence26US #58
#38Howard26US #42
#39Norman26US #43
#40Eugene25US #33
#41Frank25US #18
#42Gilbert25US #116
#43Frederick24US #71
#44Gerald24US #19
#45Alfred23US #69
#46Clifford23US #89
#47Peter23US #48
#48Calvin22US #122
#49Patrick22US #88
#50Samuel21US #62
#51Arthur19US #32
#52Allan18US #119
#53Gary18US #22
#54Herman18US #108
#55Jerry18US #17
#56Leonard18US #57
#57Wayne18US #40
#58Douglas17US #60
#59Ralph17US #35
#60Allen16US #73
#61Earl16US #50
#62Dennis15US #49
#63Gordon15US #78
#64Melvyn14
#65Theodore14US #84
#66Larry13US #16
#67Roger13US #31
#68Alexander12US #193
#69Andrew12US #82
#70Franklin12US #100
#71Manuel12US #144
#72Roland12US #124
#73Stephen12US #74
#74Warren12US #102
#75Carl11US #29
#76Fred11US #38
#77Moses11
#78Rodney11US #133
#79Alfredo10
#80Antonio10
#81Bernard10US #75
#82Louis10US #47
#83Pedro10
#84Rudolph10US #192
#85Edmund9
#86Glenn9US #83
#87Jack9US #25
#88Leroy9US #61
#89Lionel9
#90Milton9US #127
#91Wendell9
#92Abraham8
#93Clement8
#94Randolph8
#95Antone7
#96Clyde7US #97
#97Jose7US #142
#98Leslie7US #135
#99Lloyd7US #92
#100Reginald7

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑66Judith#27
↑51Katherine#44
↑47Carole#52
↑40Grace#14
↑38Ellen#25
↑36Wayne#57
↑35May#61
↑34Beverly#54

Falling

↓50Norma#100
↓40Edna#97
↓39Winona#86
↓38Janice#87
↓37Reginald#100
↓34Ruby#77
↓30Jack#87
↓28Patsy#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.