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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,517 Hawaii births in 1947 across 459 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#32Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#37Amyoutside the national top 200
#44Aileenoutside the national top 200
#65Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#69Harrietoutside the national top 200
#74Claytonoutside the national top 200
#77Leonaoutside the national top 200
#79Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#73Yolanda#194 nationally
#81Doreenoutside the national top 200
#85Milesoutside the national top 200
#86Laverneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda167US #1
#2Patricia161US #3
#3Karen136US #13
#4Sharon136US #9
#5Sandra131US #5
#6Susan108US #8
#7Carol107US #6
#8Barbara96US #4
#9Mary96US #2
#10Kathleen86US #11
#11Diane83US #18
#12Cynthia82US #33
#13Gail67US #49
#14Beverly62US #31
#15Elizabeth59US #25
#16Nancy56US #7
#17Charlene55US #105
#18Shirley51US #19
#19Geraldine49US #78
#20Pamela49US #28
#21Frances48US #39
#22Joanne48US #56
#23Joyce46US #20
#24Judith45US #12
#25Lorraine45US #84
#26Carolyn44US #15
#27Joann44US #89
#28Judy43US #14
#29Cheryl41US #24
#30Charlotte40US #68
#31Darlene40US #71
#32Bernadette39
#33Donna39US #10
#34Margaret38US #16
#35Janice37US #22
#36June37US #120
#37Amy36
#38Evelyn36US #72
#39Gayle36US #127
#40Ann35US #41
#41Diana35US #48
#42Gloria35US #27
#43Marilyn34US #29
#44Aileen33
#45Jane33US #36
#46Jean33US #40
#47Yvonne33US #117
#48Janet32US #23
#49Phyllis32US #37
#50Betty31US #17
#51Lynn31US #75
#52Catherine30US #46
#53Roberta30US #90
#54Elaine29US #50
#55Lillian29US #143
#56Pauline29US #137
#57Priscilla28US #151
#58Sheila28US #73
#59Annette27US #140
#60Christine27US #45
#61Ellen27US #61
#62Gwendolyn27US #130
#63Paulette26US #134
#64Irene25US #107
#65Lynette24
#66Rose23US #65
#67Stephanie23US #171
#68Audrey22US #146
#69Harriet22
#70Helen22US #38
#71Dianne21US #83
#72Brenda20US #21
#73Yolanda20US #194
#74Deborah19US #62
#75Eileen19US #91
#76Jacqueline19US #59
#77Leona19
#78Norma19US #82
#79Ruth19US #44
#80Suzanne19US #53
#81Doreen18
#82Dorothy18US #26
#83Florence18US #159
#84Katherine18US #76
#85Laura18US #74
#86Laverne18
#87Valerie18US #184
#88Jennifer17US #145
#89Anne16US #95
#90Arlene16US #118
#91Eleanor16US #158
#92Josephine16US #133
#93Mae16
#94Martha16US #32
#95Michele16US #148
#96Paula16US #54
#97Peggy16US #42
#98Sue16US #69
#99Caroline15
#100Joan15US #30

Boys

#1Robert215US #2
#2Michael197US #7
#3John185US #3
#4Dennis173US #17
#5James171US #1
#6Richard166US #5
#7Ronald164US #11
#8Glenn152US #70
#9William150US #4
#10Wayne149US #30
#11Gary131US #12
#12David111US #6
#13Thomas102US #8
#14George94US #16
#15Paul89US #18
#16Charles85US #9
#17Joseph84US #14
#18Kenneth78US #15
#19Edward69US #19
#20Stephen69US #21
#21Roy66US #48
#22Alan64US #45
#23Daniel63US #22
#24Larry60US #10
#25Melvin58US #85
#26Stanley57US #67
#27Calvin56US #120
#28Patrick56US #53
#29Douglas55US #31
#30Lawrence55US #32
#31Clifford52US #101
#32Henry52US #46
#33Steven52US #24
#34Rodney51US #94
#35Raymond50US #27
#36Gerald48US #28
#37Walter48US #34
#38Norman44US #81
#39Francis43US #84
#40Howard43US #62
#41Anthony42US #41
#42Harold42US #35
#43Albert41US #55
#44Russell41US #69
#45Donald40US #13
#46Clyde39US #128
#47Milton38US #158
#48Alvin37US #129
#49Earl37US #83
#50Gregory34US #33
#51Peter34US #36
#52Edwin32US #114
#53Frank32US #23
#54Gordon31US #111
#55Leonard31US #71
#56Harry30US #54
#57Jerry30US #20
#58Leslie30US #124
#59Vernon30US #134
#60Allen29US #73
#61Bruce29US #29
#62Frederick28US #78
#63Herbert28US #104
#64Randall28US #106
#65Benjamin27US #144
#66Alfred26US #96
#67Carl26US #40
#68Eric26US #122
#69Jeffrey25US #66
#70Keith25US #91
#71Lloyd25US #112
#72Clarence24US #88
#73Arthur23US #38
#74Clayton23
#75Roger23US #25
#76Warren23US #108
#77Terry22US #26
#78Wallace22US #179
#79Wilfred22
#80Leroy21US #98
#81Louis21US #64
#82Ralph21US #50
#83Andrew19US #82
#84Ernest19US #75
#85Miles19
#86Roland19US #166
#87Wesley19US #163
#88Jack18US #37
#89Mark18US #47
#90Theodore18US #102
#91Wendell18
#92Marvin17US #89
#93Ray17US #97
#94Samuel17US #72
#95Allan16US #132
#96Fred16US #56
#97Franklin15US #152
#98Glen15US #138
#99Jon15US #123
#100Timothy15US #52

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑56Darlene#31
↑40Clyde#46
↑30Nancy#16
↑27Roberta#53
↑27Russell#44
↑25Douglas#29
↑24Larry#24
↑22Annette#59

Falling

↓37Arlene#90
↓36Allan#95
↓32Elaine#54
↓29Ruth#79
↓29Leroy#80
↓24Laverne#86
↓24Ernest#84
↓23Betty#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.