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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,907 Hawaii births in 1942 across 354 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#17Amyoutside the national top 200
#30Pearl#191 nationally
#63Violetoutside the national top 200
#35Victoria#170 nationally
#69Naomioutside the national top 200
#72Faithoutside the national top 200
#74Aileenoutside the national top 200
#63Alexander#184 nationally
#80Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#82Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#16Yvonne#131 nationally
#43Wallace#157 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia117US #3
#2Barbara103US #2
#3Carol77US #5
#4Mary69US #1
#5Jean67US #36
#6Linda63US #4
#7Karen59US #16
#8Jane56US #46
#9Sandra54US #6
#10Betty53US #9
#11Joyce52US #13
#12Carolyn51US #10
#13Judith51US #7
#14Shirley47US #12
#15Frances46US #30
#16Yvonne45US #131
#17Amy44
#18Janet44US #19
#19Lorraine41US #91
#20Susan40US #21
#21Elaine39US #45
#22Evelyn37US #53
#23Elizabeth35US #22
#24Geraldine35US #47
#25Audrey34US #120
#26Charlotte34US #51
#27June32US #107
#28Margaret32US #14
#29Diana31US #68
#30Pearl31US #191
#31Virginia31US #23
#32Jeanette30US #104
#33Irene29US #80
#34Nancy28US #8
#35Victoria28US #170
#36Judy27US #15
#37Gloria26US #31
#38Helen26US #26
#39Janice26US #25
#40Priscilla26US #135
#41Rose26US #50
#42Diane25US #28
#43Eleanor25US #87
#44Ellen25US #64
#45Phyllis25US #37
#46Ruth25US #33
#47Dorothy24US #17
#48Gail24US #60
#49Marjorie24US #74
#50Sharon24US #11
#51Lillian23US #111
#52Norma23US #52
#53Cynthia22US #101
#54Joan22US #18
#55Katherine22US #81
#56Kathleen22US #24
#57Ann21US #38
#58Florence21US #110
#59Lucille21US #118
#60Marie21US #43
#61Marilyn21US #27
#62Sylvia21US #72
#63Violet21
#64Caroline20US #168
#65Ruby20US #77
#66Alice19US #39
#67Grace19US #129
#68Gwendolyn19US #169
#69Naomi19
#70Arlene18US #83
#71Carole18US #35
#72Faith18
#73Harriet18US #162
#74Aileen17
#75Beatrice17US #146
#76Doris17US #41
#77Jacqueline16US #69
#78Mildred16US #71
#79Pauline16US #112
#80Beverly15US #32
#81Brenda15US #40
#82Cecilia15
#83Elsie15US #166
#84Joann15US #58
#85Loretta15US #79
#86Thelma15US #121
#87Veronica15US #178
#88Vivian15US #125
#89Annie14US #62
#90Carmen14
#91Louise14US #61
#92Marlene14US #84
#93Theresa14US #98
#94Anita13US #93
#95Annette13US #134
#96Gladys13US #127
#97Josephine13US #100
#98Juanita13US #90
#99Laverne13
#100May13

Boys

#1Robert182US #2
#2Richard151US #5
#3James148US #1
#4Ronald121US #9
#5William121US #4
#6George112US #14
#7John107US #3
#8Kenneth96US #15
#9David88US #6
#10Thomas87US #8
#11Douglas84US #23
#12Roy84US #42
#13Joseph81US #11
#14Stanley79US #56
#15Michael76US #13
#16Melvin68US #60
#17Charles63US #7
#18Paul60US #19
#19Edward59US #17
#20Raymond59US #24
#21Albert50US #40
#22Henry49US #31
#23Daniel48US #28
#24Francis48US #58
#25Gary48US #18
#26Walter46US #26
#27Dennis45US #20
#28Donald44US #10
#29Arthur43US #29
#30Wayne43US #41
#31Howard42US #49
#32Lawrence42US #30
#33Harold39US #27
#34Rodney39US #121
#35Norman36US #53
#36Patrick36US #64
#37Ernest35US #61
#38Alvin34US #115
#39Glenn34US #88
#40Gilbert33US #128
#41Franklin32US #103
#42Herbert32US #83
#43Wallace32US #157
#44Alfred30US #76
#45Benjamin30US #129
#46Earl30US #62
#47Jerry30US #16
#48Harry29US #48
#49Peter28US #39
#50Anthony26US #44
#51Edwin26US #105
#52Frederick26US #68
#53Ralph26US #38
#54Stephen26US #32
#55Clifford25US #95
#56Gerald25US #22
#57Larry25US #12
#58Clarence24US #67
#59Samuel24US #59
#60Warren24US #97
#61Frank22US #21
#62Gordon22US #92
#63Alexander21US #184
#64Allen21US #71
#65Carl21US #36
#66Leonard21US #57
#67Milton20US #141
#68Eugene19US #45
#69Leroy18US #69
#70Andrew17US #80
#71Calvin17US #136
#72Louis17US #51
#73Steven17US #75
#74Bernard16US #90
#75Clyde16US #109
#76Russell16US #70
#77Allan15US #124
#78Theodore15US #91
#79Victor15US #99
#80Wilfred15
#81Nelson14US #181
#82Vernon14US #114
#83Alan13US #81
#84Harvey13US #107
#85Leslie13US #127
#86Roger12US #25
#87Gene11US #82
#88Lloyd11US #96
#89Melvyn11
#90Solomon11
#91Jack10US #34
#92Jeffrey10US #116
#93Jerome10US #104
#94Philip10US #54
#95Reginald10
#96Abraham9
#97Bert9
#98Bruce9US #50
#99Eric9US #182
#100Jose9US #150

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑49Phyllis#45
↑47Norma#52
↑46Diana#29
↑43Virginia#31
↑38Lucille#59
↑35Glenn#39
↑33Douglas#11
↑32Franklin#41

Falling

↓57Josephine#97
↓42Gladys#96
↓41Mildred#78
↓36Loretta#85
↓34Thelma#86
↓33Caroline#64
↓33Clarence#58
↓31Florence#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.