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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,202 Hawaii births in 1943 across 394 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
#36Aileenoutside the national top 200
#68Naomioutside the national top 200
#76Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#79Pearloutside the national top 200
#80Winonaoutside the national top 200
#46Harriet#165 nationally
#63Veronica#182 nationally
#55Caroline#171 nationally
#85Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#89Laverneoutside the national top 200
#89Nelsonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia144US #3
#2Carol131US #5
#3Barbara95US #2
#4Linda91US #4
#5Sandra80US #6
#6Mary73US #1
#7Karen69US #15
#8Carolyn62US #11
#9Shirley61US #12
#10Jean60US #36
#11Judith60US #7
#12Joyce58US #16
#13Sharon54US #8
#14Geraldine53US #51
#15Judy52US #13
#16Jane50US #44
#17Lorraine46US #94
#18Elaine45US #46
#19Irene45US #85
#20Gloria44US #30
#21Frances43US #31
#22Kathleen43US #22
#23Janet42US #20
#24Amy40
#25Elizabeth40US #23
#26Susan40US #18
#27Betty39US #10
#28Diane39US #24
#29Dorothy38US #19
#30Carole37US #42
#31Janice37US #26
#32Lillian37US #116
#33Helen36US #28
#34Florence35US #124
#35Margaret35US #14
#36Aileen34
#37Charlotte32US #47
#38June32US #111
#39Nancy32US #9
#40Yvonne31US #141
#41Ann30US #37
#42Gail30US #55
#43Evelyn27US #53
#44Virginia27US #25
#45Alice26US #38
#46Harriet26US #165
#47Loretta26US #89
#48Marilyn26US #27
#49Ruth26US #33
#50Gwendolyn25US #161
#51Joan25US #21
#52Mildred25US #76
#53Arlene23US #90
#54Audrey23US #140
#55Caroline23US #171
#56Diana23US #62
#57Eileen23US #68
#58Beverly22US #32
#59Eleanor22US #107
#60Ellen22US #67
#61Joann22US #60
#62Katherine22US #78
#63Veronica22US #182
#64Cynthia21US #101
#65Jacqueline21US #65
#66Charlene20US #121
#67Jeanette20US #110
#68Naomi20
#69Norma20US #58
#70Rose20US #50
#71Gladys19US #131
#72Priscilla19US #146
#73Sylvia19US #77
#74Victoria19US #164
#75Grace18US #130
#76Joanne18US #49
#77Louise18US #70
#78Marian18US #149
#79Pearl18
#80Winona18
#81Elsie17US #181
#82Pauline17US #112
#83Dolores16US #74
#84Kay16US #81
#85Lynette16
#86Phyllis16US #39
#87Roberta16US #66
#88Vivian16US #122
#89Laverne15
#90Wanda15US #56
#91Carmen14
#92Doreen14
#93Faith14
#94Marie14US #45
#95Wilma14US #120
#96Annette13US #142
#97Brenda13US #35
#98Ethel13US #126
#99Rita13US #52
#100Winifred13

Boys

#1Robert207US #2
#2Ronald166US #9
#3James159US #1
#4Richard148US #5
#5John135US #3
#6George119US #14
#7Dennis118US #20
#8William116US #4
#9Michael115US #10
#10Roy104US #38
#11Melvin96US #63
#12Kenneth94US #15
#13Thomas85US #8
#14Joseph83US #13
#15Charles78US #7
#16David77US #6
#17Stanley76US #54
#18Edward75US #18
#19Wayne73US #41
#20Gary69US #16
#21Raymond66US #22
#22Rodney65US #118
#23Daniel63US #25
#24Lawrence62US #32
#25Paul55US #19
#26Henry53US #31
#27Francis52US #64
#28Donald51US #11
#29Howard48US #48
#30Edwin46US #107
#31Peter46US #39
#32Walter44US #26
#33Albert43US #43
#34Norman43US #56
#35Patrick43US #69
#36Benjamin42US #130
#37Alvin41US #113
#38Clifford41US #94
#39Stephen41US #29
#40Gerald40US #23
#41Harold40US #27
#42Glenn38US #85
#43Calvin37US #126
#44Douglas37US #28
#45Ernest36US #61
#46Herbert35US #86
#47Jerry32US #17
#48Alfred30US #78
#49Arthur30US #30
#50Frank30US #21
#51Earl29US #60
#52Gordon29US #98
#53Theodore29US #96
#54Wallace29US #156
#55Warren29US #102
#56Alan28US #67
#57Leonard28US #55
#58Samuel28US #62
#59Steven28US #58
#60Anthony27US #44
#61Leroy27US #74
#62Harry26US #50
#63Clarence25US #68
#64Leslie24US #121
#65Milton24US #141
#66Franklin23US #119
#67Gilbert22US #123
#68Allen21US #76
#69Alexander20US #178
#70Fred20US #45
#71Larry20US #12
#72Manuel20US #149
#73Clyde19US #114
#74Frederick19US #70
#75Wesley19US #155
#76Wilfred19
#77Bruce18US #51
#78Carl18US #33
#79Eugene18US #47
#80Vernon16US #117
#81Victor16US #97
#82Louis15US #53
#83Ralph15US #40
#84Roger15US #24
#85Lloyd14US #104
#86Philip14US #57
#87Russell14US #73
#88Herman13US #129
#89Nelson13
#90Reginald13
#91Andrew12US #79
#92Bernard12US #92
#93Clayton12
#94Allan11US #136
#95Chester11US #137
#96Harvey11US #111
#97Rudy11
#98Wendell11US #199
#99Bert10
#100Dale10US #59

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑41Carole#30
↑38Aileen#36
↑38Loretta#47
↑37Sharon#13
↑34Kathleen#22
↑28Calvin#43
↑27Harriet#46
↑27Alan#56

Falling

↓49Pearl#79
↓41Phyllis#86
↓39Victoria#74
↓35Jeanette#67
↓34Marie#94
↓33Douglas#44
↓32Priscilla#72
↓30Ralph#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.