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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,522 Hawaii births in 1941 across 340 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#20Amyoutside the national top 200
#31Caroline#174 nationally
#59Winonaoutside the national top 200
#70Leilanioutside the national top 200
#72Violetoutside the national top 200
#78Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#66Alexander#184 nationally
#84Winifredoutside the national top 200
#84Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#85Aileenoutside the national top 200
#43Harriet#158 nationally
#86Juanoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia138US #3
#2Barbara105US #2
#3Jean79US #32
#4Carol69US #4
#5Linda69US #5
#6Jane64US #46
#7Judith62US #6
#8Janet58US #18
#9Mary52US #1
#10Elaine51US #44
#11Frances47US #31
#12Betty46US #7
#13Joyce45US #13
#14Elizabeth44US #21
#15Helen44US #24
#16Karen43US #19
#17Sandra41US #9
#18Shirley41US #10
#19Nancy40US #8
#20Amy39
#21Geraldine38US #45
#22June38US #90
#23Dorothy37US #14
#24Lorraine37US #93
#25Carolyn36US #11
#26Irene35US #74
#27Florence33US #107
#28Judy32US #16
#29Ann31US #37
#30Margaret29US #12
#31Caroline28US #174
#32Evelyn28US #50
#33Joan28US #17
#34Yvonne28US #120
#35Charlotte27US #55
#36Ellen27US #67
#37Mildred27US #64
#38Gloria26US #26
#39Ruth26US #28
#40Josephine25US #92
#41Priscilla25US #132
#42Eleanor24US #78
#43Harriet24US #158
#44Janice24US #22
#45Katherine24US #85
#46Lillian24US #104
#47Doris23US #38
#48Gail23US #68
#49Loretta23US #81
#50Susan22US #27
#51Sylvia22US #65
#52Thelma22US #108
#53Audrey21US #117
#54Gladys21US #118
#55Gwendolyn21US #168
#56Jeanette21US #98
#57Roberta21US #72
#58Sharon21US #15
#59Winona21
#60Arlene20US #77
#61Rose20US #49
#62Vivian20US #113
#63Alice18US #34
#64Cynthia18US #112
#65Ethel18US #116
#66Kathleen18US #36
#67Marie18US #42
#68Diane17US #40
#69Kay17US #70
#70Leilani17
#71Sarah17US #60
#72Violet17
#73Pauline16US #109
#74Virginia16US #23
#75Diana15US #100
#76Elsie15US #157
#77Louise15US #62
#78Marilyn15US #30
#79Marjorie15US #71
#80Martha15US #25
#81Carole14US #48
#82Grace14US #123
#83Sally14US #61
#84Winifred14
#85Aileen13
#86Beatrice13US #143
#87Bernice13US #133
#88Betsy13
#89Beverly13US #29
#90Edith13US #103
#91Juanita13US #84
#92Laura13US #115
#93Mae13US #191
#94Phyllis13US #35
#95Jacqueline12US #73
#96Lois12US #43
#97Lucille12US #119
#98Naomi12US #193
#99Norma12US #47
#100Theresa12US #95

Boys

#1Robert189US #2
#2Richard165US #5
#3James139US #1
#4John131US #3
#5William120US #4
#6George112US #13
#7Ronald100US #9
#8Kenneth97US #15
#9Roy96US #39
#10Stanley92US #57
#11David84US #7
#12Thomas81US #8
#13Joseph78US #12
#14Charles69US #6
#15Edward65US #17
#16Raymond65US #22
#17Melvin62US #56
#18Michael52US #16
#19Paul52US #18
#20Herbert49US #76
#21Norman49US #49
#22Henry47US #28
#23Harold46US #24
#24Lawrence45US #34
#25Clarence43US #62
#26Walter40US #26
#27Wayne39US #37
#28Donald38US #10
#29Jerry38US #14
#30Albert37US #40
#31Dennis37US #23
#32Ralph36US #38
#33Gary34US #19
#34Daniel33US #31
#35Benjamin32US #124
#36Patrick32US #70
#37Alvin31US #107
#38Clifford31US #94
#39Howard31US #47
#40Edwin28US #97
#41Ernest28US #61
#42Francis28US #60
#43Samuel28US #65
#44Douglas27US #53
#45Gerald27US #20
#46Rodney27US #127
#47Arthur26US #33
#48Frank26US #21
#49Leonard26US #54
#50Manuel26US #154
#51Wallace26US #155
#52Warren26US #105
#53Eugene25US #42
#54Gordon25US #92
#55Harry25US #48
#56Gilbert24US #117
#57Larry22US #11
#58Anthony21US #46
#59Peter21US #44
#60Andrew20US #82
#61Steven20US #90
#62Alan18US #84
#63Carl18US #29
#64Earl18US #58
#65Philip18US #52
#66Alexander17US #184
#67Alfred17US #74
#68Allen17US #73
#69Milton16US #140
#70Fred15US #43
#71Herman15US #114
#72Calvin14US #133
#73Franklin14US #98
#74Glenn14US #86
#75Harvey14US #106
#76Roger14US #25
#77Stephen14US #41
#78Wilfred14
#79Bernard13US #87
#80Frederick13US #69
#81Leslie13US #126
#82Victor13US #118
#83Jack12US #32
#84Reginald12
#85Wendell12US #157
#86Juan11
#87Leroy11US #67
#88Rudy11
#89Theodore11US #95
#90Bert10
#91Marvin10US #63
#92Ray10US #83
#93Solomon10
#94Allan9US #135
#95Clayton9
#96Gabriel9
#97Lloyd9US #96
#98Rudolph9
#99Vernon9US #108
#100Abraham8

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑48Gail#48
↑42Sharon#58
↑37Judy#28
↑32Wayne#27
↑32Warren#52
↑31Carolyn#25
↑30Vivian#62
↑30Cynthia#64

Falling

↓39Theodore#89
↓35Beatrice#86
↓33Grace#82
↓32Diane#68
↓29Alfred#67
↓29Frederick#80
↓28Stephen#77
↓27Jeanette#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.