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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,973 Hawaii births in 1940 across 316 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#18Amyoutside the national top 200
#42Mayoutside the national top 200
#65Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#60Alexander#188 nationally
#74Violetoutside the national top 200
#33Harriet#157 nationally
#82Leilanioutside the national top 200
#83Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#55Caroline#172 nationally
#68Mae#185 nationally
#85Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#88Arleenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara90US #2
#2Patricia90US #3
#3Jane84US #47
#4Carol78US #6
#5Jean77US #29
#6Mary66US #1
#7Elizabeth55US #20
#8Janet54US #19
#9Betty52US #5
#10Judith52US #4
#11Nancy50US #7
#12Joyce48US #13
#13Elaine46US #50
#14Linda46US #8
#15Charlotte41US #55
#16Dorothy41US #12
#17Shirley40US #9
#18Amy39
#19Irene39US #73
#20Helen37US #18
#21Frances36US #28
#22Lillian36US #97
#23Lorraine36US #95
#24Margaret36US #11
#25Sandra35US #10
#26Evelyn34US #48
#27Mildred33US #58
#28Karen32US #34
#29Jeanette30US #90
#30Josephine30US #89
#31Gloria29US #30
#32Sylvia29US #62
#33Harriet28US #157
#34Rose28US #44
#35Janice27US #22
#36Diane26US #45
#37Eleanor26US #68
#38Geraldine26US #46
#39Doris25US #31
#40Alice24US #32
#41Katherine24US #92
#42May24
#43Ruth24US #24
#44Thelma24US #101
#45Dolores23US #67
#46Ellen23US #74
#47Ethel23US #106
#48June23US #82
#49Grace22US #105
#50Joan22US #14
#51Beatrice21US #140
#52Florence21US #100
#53Virginia21US #21
#54Ann20US #35
#55Caroline20US #172
#56Carolyn20US #15
#57Gladys20US #116
#58Gwendolyn20US #169
#59Marjorie20US #64
#60Yvonne20US #110
#61Arlene19US #75
#62Beverly19US #27
#63Diana19US #117
#64Edith19US #98
#65Judy19US #16
#66Loretta19US #69
#67Priscilla19US #127
#68Mae18US #185
#69Marilyn18US #25
#70Annette17US #126
#71Susan17US #36
#72Elsie16US #151
#73Pauline16US #104
#74Violet16
#75Audrey15US #99
#76Clara14US #111
#77Patsy14US #57
#78Phyllis14US #33
#79Jacqueline13US #76
#80Kathleen13US #40
#81Kay13US #77
#82Leilani13
#83Lucille13US #113
#84Naomi13US #179
#85Norma13US #43
#86Pearl13US #197
#87Ruby13US #66
#88Arleen12
#89Edna12US #86
#90Louise12US #59
#91Sally12US #61
#92Vivian12US #115
#93Carole11US #49
#94Cynthia11US #133
#95Esther11US #131
#96Gail11US #65
#97Lorna11
#98Marion11US #120
#99Sarah11US #60
#100Sharon11US #17

Boys

#1Robert169US #2
#2James140US #1
#3Richard140US #5
#4George124US #11
#5John118US #3
#6Roy112US #42
#7Kenneth109US #15
#8William88US #4
#9Stanley81US #59
#10Edward80US #16
#11Thomas74US #8
#12David73US #7
#13Ronald73US #10
#14Joseph71US #12
#15Raymond69US #22
#16Albert61US #41
#17Charles60US #6
#18Lawrence57US #36
#19Paul56US #17
#20Henry53US #31
#21Melvin51US #53
#22Donald44US #9
#23Daniel43US #34
#24Francis40US #61
#25Norman40US #48
#26Walter39US #25
#27Harold38US #23
#28Michael37US #18
#29Harry36US #47
#30Edwin34US #96
#31Howard34US #45
#32Peter34US #43
#33Benjamin32US #128
#34Herbert31US #75
#35Ernest30US #58
#36Frank30US #20
#37Gary30US #19
#38Alfred28US #69
#39Anthony27US #46
#40Gerald27US #21
#41Gordon27US #91
#42Ralph25US #37
#43Rodney25US #133
#44Samuel25US #65
#45Patrick24US #74
#46Allen23US #71
#47Arthur23US #33
#48Dennis23US #24
#49Stephen23US #49
#50Theodore23US #90
#51Frederick22US #68
#52Douglas21US #56
#53Jerry21US #14
#54Clarence19US #64
#55Gilbert19US #124
#56Larry19US #13
#57Alvin18US #106
#58Wallace18US #146
#59Wayne18US #39
#60Alexander17US #188
#61Clifford17US #94
#62Earl17US #52
#63Leonard17US #54
#64Milton17US #132
#65Wilfred17
#66Fred16US #40
#67Louis16US #50
#68Allan15US #115
#69Bernard15US #82
#70Herman15US #113
#71Leroy15US #66
#72Alan14US #88
#73Eugene14US #38
#74Steven14US #119
#75Clyde13US #102
#76Lloyd13US #100
#77Manuel13US #147
#78Roger13US #26
#79Wendell13US #114
#80Andrew12US #84
#81Harvey12US #98
#82Nelson12US #182
#83Reginald12
#84Warren12US #110
#85Abraham11
#86Calvin10US #127
#87Glenn10US #83
#88Lester10US #116
#89Carl9US #32
#90Don9US #62
#91Maurice9US #161
#92Randolph9
#93Rudolph9
#94Leslie8US #136
#95Martin8US #85
#96Nicholas8US #154
#97Roland8US #141
#98Abel7
#99Clayton7
#100Ernesto7

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑80Linda#14
↑72Sandra#25
↑49Gloria#31
↑47Douglas#52
↑43Jeanette#29
↑39May#42
↑38Gary#37
↑32Carolyn#56

Falling

↓37Violet#74
↓35Yvonne#60
↓35Priscilla#67
↓30Florence#52
↓29Marilyn#69
↓29Rudolph#93
↓27Jacqueline#79
↓26Carole#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.