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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,355 Hawaii births in 1948 across 464 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#37Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#47Doreenoutside the national top 200
#52Amyoutside the national top 200
#59Aileenoutside the national top 200
#62Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#74Leilanioutside the national top 200
#77Carolineoutside the national top 200
#88Milesoutside the national top 200
#89Claytonoutside the national top 200
#90Daleoutside the national top 200
#92Laverneoutside the national top 200
#92Wendelloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda204US #1
#2Sharon148US #9
#3Patricia138US #4
#4Susan133US #5
#5Sandra123US #6
#6Karen111US #12
#7Carol108US #8
#8Barbara105US #3
#9Kathleen102US #10
#10Cynthia101US #27
#11Mary98US #2
#12Diane73US #19
#13Gail72US #51
#14Charlene64US #105
#15Pamela60US #22
#16Shirley58US #20
#17Joyce51US #21
#18Donna50US #11
#19Beverly49US #31
#20Joann49US #94
#21Carolyn47US #14
#22Geraldine44US #83
#23Janice44US #23
#24Frances43US #42
#25Charlotte40US #69
#26Margaret40US #13
#27Valerie40US #135
#28Christine39US #35
#29Marilyn38US #33
#30Yvonne38US #112
#31Ann36US #44
#32Deborah34US #30
#33Jane34US #39
#34Judith34US #15
#35Lynn34US #80
#36Nancy34US #7
#37Bernadette33
#38Gloria33US #28
#39Judy33US #16
#40Cheryl32US #25
#41Stephanie32US #137
#42Janet31US #24
#43Joanne30US #65
#44Lorraine30US #96
#45Paulette29US #123
#46Rose29US #62
#47Doreen28
#48Elizabeth28US #26
#49Gwendolyn28US #124
#50Jean28US #47
#51Laura28US #73
#52Amy27
#53Elaine27US #53
#54Sheila27US #71
#55Theresa27US #63
#56Phyllis25US #46
#57Suzanne25US #66
#58Sylvia25US #100
#59Aileen24
#60Esther23US #155
#61June23US #127
#62Lynette23
#63Roberta23US #101
#64Annette22US #146
#65Brenda22US #17
#66Catherine22US #41
#67Betty21US #18
#68Ellen21US #67
#69Pauline21US #145
#70Evelyn20US #74
#71Helen20US #40
#72Jo20US #56
#73Katherine20US #68
#74Leilani20
#75Virginia20US #36
#76Alice19US #49
#77Caroline19
#78Diana19US #48
#79Eileen19US #91
#80Gayle19US #141
#81Joan19US #37
#82Priscilla19US #156
#83Ruth19US #45
#84Sally19US #72
#85Arlene18US #125
#86Darlene18US #77
#87Florence18US #165
#88Veronica18US #186
#89Wanda18US #57
#90Dale17
#91Irene17US #111
#92Laverne17
#93Marcia17US #79
#94Marsha17US #76
#95Pearl17
#96Renee17US #198
#97Sharlene17
#98Jeanne16US #95
#99Lois16US #70
#100Marlene16US #109

Boys

#1Michael225US #6
#2Robert212US #2
#3John181US #3
#4James177US #1
#5Dennis154US #17
#6David152US #5
#7Ronald151US #10
#8William148US #4
#9Richard145US #7
#10Glenn123US #73
#11Wayne114US #34
#12Thomas111US #8
#13George96US #16
#14Gary93US #12
#15Joseph89US #13
#16Alan85US #46
#17Charles85US #9
#18Kenneth80US #15
#19Edward72US #19
#20Patrick72US #48
#21Paul70US #18
#22Steven68US #23
#23Stephen66US #20
#24Raymond62US #27
#25Rodney62US #92
#26Roy58US #49
#27Daniel57US #22
#28Lawrence57US #31
#29Larry54US #11
#30Melvin53US #81
#31Stanley53US #65
#32Calvin52US #117
#33Gordon50US #112
#34Russell49US #67
#35Donald47US #14
#36Gregory46US #32
#37Gerald44US #30
#38Bruce41US #28
#39Carl41US #42
#40Anthony40US #41
#41Alvin39US #124
#42Arthur39US #44
#43Clyde38US #131
#44Henry38US #45
#45Walter38US #35
#46Edwin37US #116
#47Francis37US #80
#48Brian36US #95
#49Ernest36US #76
#50Clifford34US #105
#51Douglas34US #33
#52Earl34US #83
#53Norman34US #85
#54Howard33US #63
#55Harry32US #57
#56Leslie32US #129
#57Allen31US #72
#58Milton31US #160
#59Frederick30US #75
#60Randall30US #98
#61Warren30US #109
#62Frank29US #25
#63Jerry29US #21
#64Leonard29US #71
#65Keith27US #89
#66Allan26US #132
#67Andrew26US #77
#68Eugene26US #61
#69Samuel26US #70
#70Albert25US #55
#71Alfred25US #96
#72Harold25US #36
#73Mark25US #29
#74Roger25US #24
#75Ralph24US #51
#76Peter23US #37
#77Benjamin22US #139
#78Leroy22US #97
#79Lloyd22US #118
#80Craig21US #82
#81Eric21US #114
#82Jeffrey21US #58
#83Philip20US #54
#84Roland20US #170
#85Jack19US #43
#86Vernon18US #136
#87Gilbert17US #145
#88Miles17
#89Clayton16
#90Franklin16US #159
#91Theodore16US #104
#92Wendell16
#93Clarence15US #87
#94Herbert15US #103
#95Randolph15US #182
#96Wallace15US #187
#97Wilfred15
#98Gene14US #111
#99Herman14US #146
#100Lance14

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑60Valerie#27
↑42Deborah#32
↑35Ernest#49
↑34Doreen#47
↑34Laura#51
↑32Christine#28
↑31Arthur#42
↑29Allan#66

Falling

↓55Darlene#86
↓41Gayle#80
↓37Diana#78
↓33Elizabeth#48
↓32Evelyn#70
↓31Herbert#94
↓30Harold#72
↓27Irene#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.