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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,390 Hawaii births in 1949 across 486 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#29Amyoutside the national top 200
#41Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#45Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#52Irisoutside the national top 200
#52Claytonoutside the national top 200
#60Naomioutside the national top 200
#66Doreenoutside the national top 200
#81Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#83Stellaoutside the national top 200
#79Yolanda#193 nationally
#89Noraoutside the national top 200
#89Nelsonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda176US #1
#2Susan142US #5
#3Patricia131US #3
#4Sharon129US #10
#5Sandra119US #6
#6Karen115US #11
#7Carol93US #8
#8Mary87US #2
#9Barbara85US #4
#10Diane75US #19
#11Cynthia72US #27
#12Kathleen72US #9
#13Gail67US #51
#14Donna57US #12
#15Charlene55US #100
#16Shirley54US #18
#17Gloria50US #29
#18Elizabeth49US #25
#19Carolyn45US #17
#20Christine45US #30
#21Janice43US #24
#22Valerie43US #108
#23Pamela42US #21
#24Beverly41US #31
#25Joanne41US #61
#26Jean40US #45
#27Joann40US #101
#28Margaret39US #14
#29Amy38
#30Deborah38US #15
#31Joyce38US #26
#32Lynn38US #74
#33Nancy38US #7
#34Frances36US #49
#35Stephanie36US #128
#36Marilyn35US #33
#37Geraldine34US #90
#38Betty33US #22
#39Janet33US #23
#40Ann32US #44
#41Bernadette32
#42Yvonne32US #109
#43Judy31US #20
#44Katherine31US #59
#45Lynette31
#46Cheryl30US #28
#47Catherine29US #37
#48Gwendolyn29US #114
#49Sheila29US #76
#50Colleen28US #146
#51Elaine28US #57
#52Iris27
#53Diana26US #48
#54Irene26US #111
#55June26US #138
#56Lorraine26US #102
#57Theresa26US #63
#58Darlene25US #75
#59Helen25US #46
#60Naomi25
#61Paulette25US #125
#62Charlotte24US #71
#63Jane24US #41
#64Joan24US #36
#65Suzanne24US #62
#66Doreen23
#67Virginia23US #39
#68Arlene22US #133
#69Audrey22US #161
#70Gayle22US #137
#71Laura22US #65
#72Pauline21US #156
#73Priscilla21US #154
#74Ellen20US #64
#75Marie20US #67
#76Annette19US #151
#77Dorothy19US #32
#78Roberta19US #97
#79Yolanda19US #193
#80Esther18US #162
#81Phyllis18US #50
#82Ruth18US #47
#83Stella18
#84Sylvia18US #94
#85Brenda17US #13
#86Evelyn17US #80
#87Jacqueline17US #58
#88Kathryn17US #52
#89Nora17
#90Renee17US #166
#91Wilma17US #167
#92Aileen16
#93Anita16US #99
#94April16
#95Leona16
#96Marsha16US #79
#97Norma16US #105
#98Anna15US #91
#99Eileen15US #95
#100Gwen15

Boys

#1Michael251US #5
#2Robert208US #2
#3John173US #3
#4James166US #1
#5William146US #4
#6Richard141US #7
#7Dennis139US #16
#8Wayne133US #35
#9Glenn129US #61
#10David126US #6
#11Ronald120US #11
#12Gary115US #12
#13Thomas94US #8
#14Charles86US #9
#15Joseph85US #14
#16Alan79US #45
#17Patrick79US #39
#18Kenneth77US #15
#19George76US #18
#20Paul76US #17
#21Steven76US #20
#22Stephen61US #19
#23Edward57US #21
#24Daniel55US #22
#25Clyde53US #131
#26Peter53US #38
#27Roy53US #51
#28Donald51US #13
#29Melvin50US #82
#30Lawrence49US #32
#31Stanley49US #60
#32Randall47US #79
#33Raymond46US #30
#34Francis45US #78
#35Alvin44US #128
#36Gerald44US #33
#37Leslie44US #126
#38Albert43US #56
#39Clifford43US #103
#40Edwin42US #123
#41Henry42US #46
#42Leonard42US #74
#43Frank41US #27
#44Russell41US #69
#45Anthony39US #36
#46Keith39US #85
#47Gregory38US #31
#48Jerry38US #23
#49Larry37US #10
#50Rodney37US #87
#51Bruce36US #26
#52Clayton36
#53Douglas36US #29
#54Harold35US #42
#55Mark35US #24
#56Lloyd34US #124
#57Brian33US #86
#58Calvin33US #112
#59Ernest33US #76
#60Andrew32US #75
#61Gordon31US #113
#62Warren31US #115
#63Arthur30US #44
#64Benjamin29US #135
#65Norman29US #90
#66Carl28US #43
#67Harry28US #59
#68Milton27US #160
#69Allen26US #71
#70Howard26US #63
#71Alfred25US #96
#72Craig25US #77
#73Frederick25US #70
#74Walter24US #37
#75Eric23US #105
#76Vernon23US #141
#77Roger21US #25
#78Samuel21US #62
#79Timothy21US #34
#80Wesley21US #166
#81Wilfred21
#82Alexander20US #180
#83Earl20US #91
#84Philip20US #55
#85Wallace20US #193
#86Christopher19US #81
#87Eugene19US #58
#88Harvey19US #142
#89Nelson19
#90Dean18US #129
#91Jeffrey18US #48
#92Lester18US #149
#93Bernard17US #111
#94Gilbert17US #147
#95Allan16US #143
#96Bert16
#97Franklin16US #155
#98Phillip16US #66
#99Randolph16US #171
#100Reginald16US #189

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑50Peter#26
↑37Irene#54
↑37Clayton#52
↑32Albert#38
↑30Elizabeth#18
↑29Betty#38
↑29Katherine#44
↑28Darlene#58

Falling

↓37Charlotte#62
↓33Aileen#92
↓31Earl#83
↓30Jane#63
↓29Walter#74
↓29Allan#95
↓28Gordon#61
↓27Carl#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.