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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,221 Hawaii births in 1950 across 488 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#45Claytonoutside the national top 200
#51Amyoutside the national top 200
#52Laverneoutside the national top 200
#54Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#56Doreenoutside the national top 200
#61Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#65Fayeoutside the national top 200
#67Lornaoutside the national top 200
#70Claireoutside the national top 200
#78Irisoutside the national top 200
#83Aileenoutside the national top 200
#85Francineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda179US #1
#2Susan144US #5
#3Sharon142US #11
#4Karen126US #12
#5Patricia126US #3
#6Sandra103US #8
#7Carol102US #9
#8Mary96US #2
#9Cynthia89US #23
#10Gail83US #42
#11Kathleen80US #10
#12Barbara77US #4
#13Deborah69US #7
#14Diane68US #16
#15Donna67US #13
#16Charlene66US #103
#17Janice55US #22
#18Lynn50US #76
#19Pamela46US #17
#20Joyce42US #27
#21Beverly41US #31
#22Christine41US #28
#23Janet41US #18
#24Shirley41US #19
#25Valerie41US #116
#26Charlotte39US #80
#27Margaret39US #15
#28Nancy37US #6
#29Darlene36US #79
#30Elizabeth36US #24
#31Gloria34US #30
#32Joann34US #98
#33Carolyn33US #20
#34Irene33US #92
#35Stephanie32US #122
#36Ann31US #45
#37Frances31US #51
#38June31US #137
#39Laura31US #63
#40Marilyn31US #37
#41Theresa31US #65
#42Cheryl30US #29
#43Geraldine30US #102
#44Joanne30US #67
#45Colleen29US #124
#46Elaine28US #60
#47Gayle28US #133
#48Phyllis28US #53
#49Yvonne28US #110
#50Jean27US #48
#51Amy26
#52Laverne26
#53Lorraine26US #105
#54Lynette26
#55Roberta26US #96
#56Doreen25
#57Judy24US #25
#58Marsha24US #68
#59Paulette24US #151
#60Arlene23US #132
#61Bernadette23
#62Gwendolyn23US #113
#63Judith23US #21
#64Katherine23US #58
#65Faye22
#66Kathryn22US #46
#67Lorna22
#68Sheila22US #70
#69Annette21US #144
#70Claire21
#71Jacqueline21US #55
#72Joy21US #159
#73Vivian21US #138
#74Wanda21US #52
#75Yolanda21US #179
#76Audrey20US #158
#77Brenda20US #14
#78Iris20
#79Joan20US #40
#80Lois20US #83
#81Norma20US #104
#82Paula20US #54
#83Aileen19
#84Claudia19US #126
#85Francine19
#86Jane19US #39
#87Martha19US #32
#88Naomi19
#89Suzanne19US #71
#90Sylvia19US #97
#91Evelyn18US #86
#92Lillian18US #156
#93Lynne18US #153
#94Pauline18US #163
#95Virginia18US #43
#96Bonnie17US #33
#97Ellen17US #66
#98Esther17US #162
#99Priscilla17US #169
#100Catherine16US #34

Boys

#1Michael219US #4
#2Robert193US #2
#3John181US #3
#4James150US #1
#5William144US #6
#6Richard130US #7
#7Wayne128US #35
#8Glenn122US #59
#9Dennis121US #17
#10David118US #5
#11Gary111US #10
#12Ronald104US #12
#13George90US #20
#14Thomas89US #8
#15Alan80US #41
#16Charles78US #9
#17Steven75US #16
#18Paul72US #18
#19Joseph66US #13
#20Edward65US #22
#21Roy62US #51
#22Kenneth61US #15
#23Gerald54US #34
#24Stephen54US #19
#25Patrick51US #38
#26Peter51US #37
#27Calvin48US #105
#28Clyde48US #136
#29Daniel48US #21
#30Douglas46US #28
#31Brian45US #79
#32Gregory45US #25
#33Lawrence45US #33
#34Clifford44US #100
#35Rodney44US #88
#36Donald43US #14
#37Russell43US #67
#38Bruce41US #26
#39Stanley41US #60
#40Albert40US #56
#41Melvin40US #87
#42Mark39US #23
#43Carl38US #44
#44Leonard38US #77
#45Clayton37
#46Earl37US #92
#47Gordon37US #108
#48Keith37US #78
#49Norman37US #90
#50Raymond37US #31
#51Alfred36US #96
#52Anthony36US #36
#53Frank36US #29
#54Larry36US #11
#55Leslie35US #126
#56Alvin34US #121
#57Randall33US #70
#58Warren33US #118
#59Harold32US #45
#60Henry31US #47
#61Walter31US #40
#62Craig30US #69
#63Samuel30US #62
#64Ernest29US #81
#65Benjamin28US #123
#66Edwin28US #117
#67Frederick28US #75
#68Howard28US #63
#69Eric27US #98
#70Allen26US #71
#71Andrew26US #68
#72Arthur26US #46
#73Francis25US #86
#74Wesley25US #165
#75Clarence24US #95
#76Dean24US #120
#77Jerry24US #24
#78Milton24US #161
#79Christopher23US #72
#80Roger23US #27
#81Allan22US #142
#82Jeffrey22US #43
#83Eugene20US #58
#84Vernon20US #134
#85Alexander19US #189
#86Kevin19US #73
#87Miles19
#88Ralph19US #52
#89Bernard18US #110
#90Glen18US #125
#91Roland18US #187
#92Theodore18US #99
#93Harry17US #61
#94Harvey17US #147
#95Lester17US #148
#96Gilbert16US #144
#97Lloyd16US #127
#98Timothy16US #32
#99Vincent16US #101
#100Arnold15US #166

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑38Marsha#58
↑37Earl#46
↑36Charlotte#26
↑33Phyllis#48
↑32Laura#39
↑31Calvin#27
↑29Darlene#29
↑26Brian#31

Falling

↓53Catherine#100
↓41Lloyd#97
↓39Francis#73
↓29Jerry#77
↓28Naomi#88
↓28Virginia#95
↓26Iris#78
↓26Priscilla#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.