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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,842 Hawaii births in 1944 across 401 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#32Amyoutside the national top 200
#36Aileenoutside the national top 200
#60Naomioutside the national top 200
#26Gwendolyn#160 nationally
#69Laverneoutside the national top 200
#87Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#28Yvonne#141 nationally
#88Pearloutside the national top 200
#74Alexander#183 nationally
#92Fayoutside the national top 200
#94Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#95Claytonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia185US #4
#2Carol128US #5
#3Barbara119US #2
#4Linda103US #3
#5Sandra93US #6
#6Karen90US #16
#7Mary82US #1
#8Sharon76US #8
#9Shirley67US #15
#10Judith61US #9
#11Lorraine61US #93
#12Jean58US #37
#13Geraldine57US #53
#14Elizabeth54US #23
#15Kathleen54US #20
#16Betty50US #10
#17Diane50US #24
#18Susan49US #13
#19Joyce48US #18
#20Elaine46US #46
#21Jane45US #41
#22Gloria43US #25
#23Janice42US #28
#24Beverly41US #35
#25Carolyn41US #11
#26Gwendolyn40US #160
#27Judy39US #12
#28Yvonne39US #141
#29Charlotte38US #50
#30Marilyn38US #27
#31Joan37US #22
#32Amy36
#33Evelyn36US #57
#34Diana35US #60
#35Gail35US #56
#36Aileen34
#37June34US #121
#38Eileen32US #73
#39Katherine32US #77
#40Norma32US #66
#41Carole31US #43
#42Ellen31US #63
#43Frances31US #33
#44Irene31US #91
#45Nancy31US #7
#46Margaret30US #14
#47Pauline28US #124
#48Ann27US #39
#49Janet26US #21
#50Marie26US #48
#51Phyllis26US #40
#52Priscilla26US #157
#53Cheryl25US #36
#54Eleanor25US #122
#55Pamela25US #44
#56Ruby25US #87
#57Ruth25US #32
#58Annette24US #146
#59Helen24US #31
#60Naomi24
#61Donna23US #17
#62Dorothy23US #19
#63Lillian23US #126
#64Jacqueline22US #64
#65Theresa22US #96
#66Charlene21US #109
#67Harriet21US #169
#68Jeanette21US #117
#69Laverne21
#70Victoria21US #139
#71Brenda20US #30
#72Catherine20US #49
#73Josephine20US #115
#74Paulette20US #164
#75Rose20US #52
#76Vivian20US #129
#77Cynthia19US #105
#78Doris19US #42
#79Gladys18US #137
#80Joann18US #65
#81Loretta18US #98
#82Louise18US #69
#83Mildred18US #81
#84Thelma18US #131
#85Caroline17US #178
#86Hazel17US #147
#87Lucille17US #132
#88Pearl17
#89Sheila17US #103
#90Veronica17US #188
#91Audrey16US #150
#92Fay16
#93Kay16US #88
#94Marjorie16US #85
#95Sylvia16US #83
#96Christine15US #75
#97Ethel15US #127
#98Marian15US #155
#99Marion15US #140
#100Miriam15

Boys

#1Robert200US #2
#2Dennis149US #20
#3James149US #1
#4Ronald148US #10
#5Richard147US #5
#6John142US #3
#7William126US #4
#8Thomas109US #8
#9George103US #14
#10Michael102US #9
#11Gary98US #15
#12Melvin97US #67
#13David87US #6
#14Roy85US #39
#15Kenneth83US #16
#16Edward78US #18
#17Wayne75US #37
#18Joseph72US #13
#19Charles69US #7
#20Patrick67US #64
#21Stanley67US #57
#22Paul66US #17
#23Raymond61US #22
#24Daniel57US #25
#25Alvin54US #115
#26Glenn51US #88
#27Rodney51US #123
#28Alan50US #55
#29Francis50US #71
#30Frank50US #21
#31Edwin49US #106
#32Donald48US #11
#33Gerald48US #24
#34Steven48US #52
#35Calvin47US #124
#36Lawrence46US #32
#37Albert44US #44
#38Harry44US #49
#39Stephen42US #28
#40Larry39US #12
#41Walter38US #26
#42Norman37US #58
#43Henry36US #35
#44Alfred35US #82
#45Arthur35US #29
#46Carl35US #36
#47Eugene35US #48
#48Gordon35US #105
#49Jerry32US #19
#50Leonard32US #56
#51Benjamin31US #130
#52Earl31US #65
#53Warren31US #100
#54Harold30US #27
#55Leroy30US #78
#56Peter30US #40
#57Russell29US #63
#58Clifford28US #99
#59Howard28US #53
#60Samuel28US #62
#61Allen27US #77
#62Clarence27US #74
#63Douglas27US #34
#64Ernest27US #59
#65Leslie27US #114
#66Gilbert26US #127
#67Frederick25US #73
#68Herbert25US #90
#69Ralph25US #42
#70Wallace25US #162
#71Andrew24US #81
#72Anthony24US #46
#73Fred24US #47
#74Alexander23US #183
#75Milton23US #146
#76Theodore22US #96
#77Allan21US #141
#78Louis21US #54
#79Roger21US #23
#80Victor20US #107
#81Randall19US #156
#82Franklin18US #121
#83Manuel18US #149
#84Vincent18US #113
#85Clyde17US #111
#86Marvin17US #75
#87Wilfred17
#88Bernard16US #94
#89Roland16US #155
#90Chester15US #137
#91Eric15US #158
#92Vernon15US #119
#93Jack14US #30
#94Abraham13
#95Clayton13
#96Keith13US #104
#97Lloyd13US #102
#98Philip13US #60
#99Bert12
#100Brian12US #116

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑44Marie#50
↑38Annette#58
↑35Pauline#47
↑35Phyllis#51
↑34Beverly#24
↑32Carl#46
↑32Eugene#47
↑31Larry#40

Falling

↓37Audrey#91
↓34Loretta#81
↓33Dorothy#62
↓31Lillian#63
↓31Mildred#83
↓30Caroline#85
↓30Howard#59
↓27Veronica#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.