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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,618 Hawaii births in 1945 across 398 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#41Amyoutside the national top 200
#51Stephanieoutside the national top 200
#62Aileenoutside the national top 200
#67Naomioutside the national top 200
#66Caroline#197 nationally
#70Winonaoutside the national top 200
#80Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#87Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#38Gwendolyn#151 nationally
#88Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#91Doreenoutside the national top 200
#93Faithoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Carol126US #5
#2Patricia126US #4
#3Sharon114US #8
#4Karen109US #16
#5Sandra100US #6
#6Mary89US #1
#7Barbara87US #3
#8Linda76US #2
#9Susan68US #10
#10Gail67US #52
#11Shirley67US #14
#12Kathleen65US #19
#13Lorraine61US #87
#14Frances54US #34
#15Geraldine51US #56
#16Joyce51US #18
#17Carolyn50US #12
#18Judith50US #9
#19Diane49US #22
#20Janice46US #24
#21Gloria45US #23
#22Charlotte44US #55
#23Elizabeth43US #26
#24Jean42US #38
#25Betty41US #11
#26Elaine41US #44
#27Marilyn40US #27
#28Cynthia36US #90
#29June36US #121
#30Margaret36US #15
#31Irene35US #97
#32Jane34US #36
#33Ann32US #39
#34Charlene32US #114
#35Helen32US #31
#36Janet32US #20
#37Evelyn31US #57
#38Gwendolyn30US #151
#39Yvonne30US #133
#40Sheila29US #89
#41Amy28
#42Beverly28US #37
#43Dorothy28US #21
#44Nancy28US #7
#45Diana27US #43
#46Judy27US #13
#47Paulette27US #148
#48Pauline26US #125
#49Victoria26US #106
#50Joan25US #25
#51Stephanie25
#52Sylvia25US #83
#53Arlene24US #99
#54Eleanor24US #130
#55Florence24US #140
#56Carole23US #51
#57Donna23US #17
#58Eileen23US #70
#59Joanne23US #53
#60Katherine23US #82
#61Pamela23US #42
#62Aileen22
#63Alice22US #41
#64Marie22US #49
#65Rose22US #54
#66Caroline21US #197
#67Naomi21
#68Theresa21US #96
#69Vivian21US #118
#70Winona21
#71Cheryl20US #32
#72Jeanette20US #122
#73Loretta20US #107
#74Virginia20US #28
#75Brenda19US #29
#76Jacqueline19US #63
#77Priscilla19US #166
#78Roberta19US #75
#79Harriet18US #176
#80Joann18US #80
#81Lois18US #48
#82Louise18US #78
#83Ruth18US #33
#84Beatrice17US #170
#85Ellen17US #61
#86Faye17US #169
#87Lynette17
#88Ruby17US #95
#89Bernadette16US #196
#90Darlene16US #71
#91Doreen16
#92Doris16US #46
#93Faith16
#94Laverne16
#95Lillian16US #124
#96Lucille16US #129
#97Lynn16US #102
#98Marlene16US #110
#99Norma16US #74
#100Sharyn16

Boys

#1Robert196US #2
#2James158US #1
#3John152US #3
#4Michael141US #9
#5Dennis138US #19
#6Ronald135US #10
#7Richard134US #5
#8William115US #4
#9Gary108US #13
#10George103US #15
#11David99US #6
#12Melvin88US #78
#13Thomas86US #8
#14Wayne85US #35
#15Edward83US #18
#16Joseph79US #14
#17Kenneth79US #16
#18Roy74US #40
#19Charles70US #7
#20Glenn66US #93
#21Paul64US #17
#22Patrick59US #63
#23Stanley56US #59
#24Raymond54US #23
#25Alvin53US #120
#26Daniel53US #24
#27Lawrence53US #30
#28Alan52US #52
#29Walter51US #27
#30Rodney50US #105
#31Gordon48US #109
#32Edwin47US #117
#33Stephen47US #26
#34Steven47US #43
#35Henry44US #37
#36Francis42US #76
#37Calvin41US #124
#38Donald40US #12
#39Harry37US #47
#40Clifford36US #99
#41Norman36US #65
#42Samuel36US #62
#43Arthur35US #34
#44Eugene35US #50
#45Gerald34US #25
#46Peter34US #38
#47Ernest33US #60
#48Leslie33US #115
#49Warren32US #106
#50Albert31US #49
#51Frank31US #21
#52Herbert31US #94
#53Vernon31US #118
#54Allan30US #137
#55Douglas30US #29
#56Benjamin28US #140
#57Clarence28US #82
#58Larry28US #11
#59Russell28US #64
#60Anthony27US #46
#61Harold27US #28
#62Howard27US #54
#63Earl26US #71
#64Leonard26US #57
#65Milton26US #154
#66Carl25US #39
#67Alfred24US #88
#68Allen24US #74
#69Jerry24US #20
#70Leroy24US #83
#71Lloyd24US #103
#72Gregory23US #96
#73Ralph23US #44
#74Victor23US #95
#75Brian22US #113
#76Frederick22US #77
#77Wallace21US #167
#78Arnold20US #147
#79Clyde20US #121
#80Reginald20
#81Roger20US #22
#82Andrew19US #86
#83Philip19US #58
#84Alexander18US #178
#85Gilbert17US #130
#86Theodore16US #101
#87Barry15US #84
#88Nelson15
#89Chester14US #144
#90Marvin14US #80
#91Roland14US #158
#92Harvey13US #116
#93Sidney13US #186
#94Wilfred13
#95Abraham12
#96Clayton12
#97Dwight12US #126
#98Franklin12US #119
#99Herman12US #146
#100Jeffrey12US #91

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑49Cynthia#28
↑49Sheila#40
↑43Sylvia#52
↑39Vernon#53
↑32Charlene#34
↑29Frances#14
↑27Paulette#47
↑26Lloyd#71

Falling

↓59Norma#99
↓43Ellen#85
↓32Ruby#88
↓32Lillian#95
↓26Aileen#62
↓26Ruth#83
↓25Priscilla#77
↓25Laverne#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.