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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,070 Hawaii births in 1946 across 425 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#21Bernadette#188 nationally
#41Amyoutside the national top 200
#61Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#62Laverneoutside the national top 200
#63Aileenoutside the national top 200
#64Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#66Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#77Claireoutside the national top 200
#81Claytonoutside the national top 200
#86Carolineoutside the national top 200
#87Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#43Milton#156 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia143US #3
#2Sharon134US #9
#3Sandra114US #6
#4Karen113US #15
#5Linda109US #2
#6Carol101US #5
#7Susan91US #8
#8Barbara86US #4
#9Mary76US #1
#10Gail72US #49
#11Kathleen72US #16
#12Cynthia61US #46
#13Diane60US #19
#14Shirley55US #18
#15Geraldine53US #66
#16Lorraine52US #93
#17Beverly50US #30
#18Carolyn49US #12
#19Joyce48US #20
#20Janice45US #22
#21Bernadette44US #188
#22Elaine43US #47
#23Charlotte42US #64
#24Elizabeth42US #25
#25Charlene41US #107
#26Frances41US #39
#27Betty39US #14
#28Jean39US #37
#29Judy39US #11
#30Margaret37US #17
#31Judith35US #10
#32June34US #116
#33Pamela34US #34
#34Diana33US #42
#35Joanne33US #57
#36Marilyn33US #29
#37Yvonne33US #118
#38Cheryl32US #27
#39Ellen32US #58
#40Paulette32US #117
#41Amy30
#42Ann30US #40
#43Donna30US #13
#44Gloria30US #26
#45Jane30US #35
#46Nancy30US #7
#47Joann29US #90
#48Sylvia29US #82
#49Evelyn28US #65
#50Ruth28US #38
#51Gwendolyn27US #132
#52Irene27US #102
#53Arlene25US #113
#54Eileen25US #80
#55Jacqueline25US #62
#56Sheila25US #70
#57Alice24US #44
#58Christine24US #50
#59Janet24US #21
#60Rose24US #60
#61Yolanda24
#62Laverne23
#63Aileen22
#64Pauline22US #133
#65Phyllis22US #41
#66Lynette21
#67Lynn21US #94
#68Audrey20US #149
#69Helen20US #36
#70Jennifer20US #156
#71Katherine20US #78
#72Victoria20US #122
#73Dorothy19US #23
#74Rosemary19US #74
#75Stephanie19US #176
#76Bonnie18US #33
#77Claire18
#78Joan18US #28
#79Kay18US #101
#80Roberta18US #86
#81Annette17US #142
#82Brenda17US #24
#83Jeanne17US #83
#84Marie17US #54
#85Beatrice16US #180
#86Caroline16
#87Darlene16US #71
#88Florence16US #146
#89Josephine16US #127
#90Lois16US #55
#91Louise16US #91
#92Stella16
#93Suzanne16US #52
#94Winona16
#95Esther15US #151
#96Faye15US #182
#97Jeanette15US #121
#98Jo15US #53
#99Naomi15
#100Theresa15US #96

Boys

#1Robert197US #2
#2John171US #3
#3Michael165US #7
#4Dennis160US #17
#5James160US #1
#6Ronald144US #10
#7William130US #4
#8Richard125US #5
#9Gary120US #12
#10Wayne115US #29
#11Glenn96US #81
#12David93US #6
#13George83US #16
#14Alan81US #49
#15Edward81US #19
#16Kenneth77US #15
#17Thomas77US #8
#18Charles75US #9
#19Paul72US #18
#20Joseph71US #14
#21Roy71US #43
#22Melvin70US #86
#23Rodney70US #93
#24Stephen62US #24
#25Patrick59US #59
#26Stanley56US #65
#27Raymond51US #25
#28Gerald47US #27
#29Lawrence45US #31
#30Earl44US #82
#31Francis43US #80
#32Calvin42US #128
#33Donald42US #13
#34Howard42US #55
#35Daniel41US #21
#36Alvin40US #126
#37Edwin40US #112
#38Clifford39US #100
#39Steven39US #28
#40Walter39US #30
#41Henry38US #41
#42Gregory37US #56
#43Milton36US #156
#44Norman36US #76
#45Anthony35US #44
#46Frank35US #22
#47Leslie34US #119
#48Larry33US #11
#49Peter33US #38
#50Carl31US #39
#51Leroy29US #90
#52Albert27US #52
#53Alfred27US #94
#54Douglas27US #34
#55Harold27US #33
#56Harry27US #50
#57Jerry27US #20
#58Frederick26US #75
#59Allan25US #124
#60Ernest25US #71
#61Herbert25US #97
#62Leonard25US #67
#63Wallace25US #169
#64Wilfred25
#65Andrew24US #84
#66Arthur24US #36
#67Benjamin24US #146
#68Eugene24US #57
#69Gordon24US #111
#70Ralph24US #48
#71Russell23US #66
#72Vernon23US #130
#73Warren23US #105
#74Roger22US #23
#75Lloyd21US #106
#76Randall21US #123
#77Gilbert20US #138
#78Jack20US #35
#79Victor19US #120
#80Bruce18US #32
#81Clayton18
#82Eric18US #134
#83Jeffrey18US #78
#84Wesley18US #167
#85Brian17US #103
#86Clyde17US #122
#87Reginald17
#88Wendell16
#89Keith15US #96
#90Manuel15US #157
#91Theodore15US #101
#92Bernard14US #102
#93Philip14US #61
#94Randolph14
#95Samuel14US #70
#96Sidney14US #183
#97Mark13US #58
#98Terry13US #26
#99Harvey12US #125
#100Jon12US #117

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑68Bernadette#21
↑46Ellen#39
↑33Cheryl#38
↑33Joann#47
↑33Ruth#50
↑33Earl#30
↑32Laverne#62
↑30Lynn#67

Falling

↓53Samuel#95
↓38Gordon#69
↓34Helen#69
↓33Florence#88
↓32Naomi#99
↓32Theresa#100
↓30Dorothy#73
↓28Joan#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.