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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,743 Hawaii births in 1939 across 324 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
#37Violet#196 nationally
#49Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#64Rudolphoutside the national top 200
#28Harriet#156 nationally
#73Leilanioutside the national top 200
#60Alexander#186 nationally
#77Melvynoutside the national top 200
#79Antoniooutside the national top 200
#81Mayoutside the national top 200
#32Priscilla#148 nationally
#64Mae#180 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara94US #2
#2Mary90US #1
#3Patricia81US #3
#4Jane72US #46
#5Jean72US #32
#6Carol64US #6
#7Shirley55US #5
#8Joyce53US #12
#9Elizabeth51US #18
#10Janet51US #17
#11Nancy45US #7
#12Elaine44US #45
#13Betty43US #4
#14Margaret43US #10
#15Lorraine41US #95
#16Mildred39US #55
#17Frances38US #26
#18Evelyn37US #40
#19Judith37US #8
#20Lillian37US #99
#21Ellen36US #80
#22Florence36US #96
#23Helen35US #16
#24Amy34
#25Yvonne34US #90
#26Alice32US #31
#27Geraldine32US #41
#28Harriet30US #156
#29June29US #83
#30Rose29US #42
#31Charlotte28US #66
#32Priscilla28US #148
#33Grace27US #108
#34Irene27US #74
#35Eleanor26US #63
#36Thelma25US #88
#37Violet24US #196
#38Virginia24US #21
#39Beatrice23US #136
#40Marilyn23US #19
#41Doris22US #29
#42Dorothy22US #9
#43Ruth22US #22
#44Sylvia22US #62
#45Loretta21US #65
#46Janice20US #24
#47Beverly19US #25
#48Gladys19US #104
#49Josephine19US #84
#50Judy19US #28
#51Elsie18US #140
#52Jacqueline18US #72
#53Roberta18US #71
#54Ann17US #33
#55Clara17US #103
#56Diane17US #51
#57Joan17US #11
#58Katherine17US #101
#59Marjorie17US #60
#60Agnes16US #162
#61Ethel16US #100
#62Gwendolyn16US #168
#63Lucille16US #110
#64Mae16US #180
#65Ruby16US #67
#66Sally16US #52
#67Carole15US #47
#68Louise15US #59
#69Dolores14US #58
#70Edith14US #102
#71Esther14US #117
#72Jeanette14US #82
#73Leilani14
#74Marian14US #130
#75Norma14US #38
#76Vivian14US #128
#77Anna13US #43
#78Annie13US #54
#79Arlene13US #69
#80Gloria13US #36
#81May13
#82Naomi13US #174
#83Pearl13US #197
#84Rachel13US #160
#85Theresa13US #94
#86Winona13
#87Audrey12US #98
#88Carolyn12US #14
#89Cynthia12US #152
#90Deanna12US #133
#91Henrietta12
#92Juanita12US #77
#93Kay12US #76
#94Linda12US #15
#95Patsy12US #56
#96Pauline12US #105
#97Sandra12US #13
#98Victoria12
#99Aileen11
#100Alberta11US #191

Boys

#1Robert162US #1
#2James157US #2
#3Richard150US #5
#4John116US #3
#5George103US #11
#6Roy101US #42
#7William97US #4
#8Kenneth92US #13
#9Stanley83US #57
#10Edward79US #15
#11Thomas77US #9
#12David73US #7
#13Ronald71US #10
#14Charles68US #6
#15Joseph63US #12
#16Henry60US #31
#17Raymond60US #22
#18Donald56US #8
#19Paul56US #17
#20Walter52US #25
#21Herbert50US #68
#22Albert49US #41
#23Lawrence47US #36
#24Harold40US #23
#25Benjamin38US #124
#26Norman37US #44
#27Ernest35US #55
#28Frank35US #20
#29Edwin33US #96
#30Harry32US #45
#31Melvin32US #51
#32Clarence31US #60
#33Daniel31US #38
#34Alfred30US #70
#35Samuel30US #63
#36Theodore29US #90
#37Patrick27US #79
#38Howard26US #47
#39Ralph26US #35
#40Francis25US #53
#41Jerry25US #16
#42Michael25US #18
#43Alvin24US #103
#44Anthony23US #48
#45Arthur23US #32
#46Gerald22US #19
#47Gilbert22US #115
#48Larry22US #14
#49Wilfred22
#50Eugene21US #37
#51Frederick20US #71
#52Stephen20US #65
#53Allen18US #72
#54Peter18US #46
#55Leonard17US #54
#56Philip17US #66
#57Louis16US #49
#58Manuel16US #143
#59Rodney16US #122
#60Alexander15US #186
#61Dennis15US #34
#62Earl15US #50
#63Gordon15US #82
#64Rudolph15
#65Wallace15US #151
#66Wayne15US #39
#67Calvin14US #126
#68Carl14US #30
#69Clifford14US #88
#70Andrew13US #84
#71Leroy13US #61
#72Roland13US #131
#73Alan12US #85
#74Allan12US #125
#75Gary12US #21
#76Herman12US #111
#77Melvyn12
#78Harvey11US #102
#79Antonio10
#80Franklin10US #106
#81Jack10US #26
#82Leslie10US #136
#83Milton10US #128
#84Fred9US #40
#85Jose9US #148
#86Randolph9
#87Wendell9
#88Bernard8US #76
#89Bert8
#90Clyde8US #101
#91Domingo8
#92Ernesto8
#93Reynold8
#94Steven8US #144
#95Warren8US #104
#96Abraham7
#97Alfredo7
#98Arnold7US #113
#99Douglas7US #58
#100Glenn7US #87

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑41Janice#46
↑38Judy#50
↑35Joyce#8
↑30Marilyn#40
↑29Theodore#36
↑27Virginia#38
↑25Norma#75
↑25Louis#57

Falling

↓44Jeanette#72
↓43Pauline#96
↓41Douglas#99
↓34Dolores#69
↓34Wallace#65
↓33Patsy#95
↓33Sandra#97
↓30Carolyn#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.