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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,407 Hawaii births in 1951 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.

#30Amy#200 nationally
#32Doreenoutside the national top 200
#34Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#48Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#53Irisoutside the national top 200
#60Claytonoutside the national top 200
#66Lornaoutside the national top 200
#68Jocelynoutside the national top 200
#76Claireoutside the national top 200
#59Pauline#180 nationally
#81Naomioutside the national top 200
#81Milesoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda164US #1
#2Karen126US #8
#3Patricia120US #3
#4Susan109US #6
#5Sharon102US #13
#6Sandra94US #9
#7Mary85US #2
#8Gail83US #36
#9Debra82US #18
#10Kathleen82US #10
#11Cynthia80US #20
#12Pamela74US #16
#13Lynn69US #72
#14Janice67US #21
#15Deborah66US #4
#16Barbara65US #5
#17Carol64US #11
#18Diane64US #15
#19Donna60US #12
#20Charlene57US #103
#21Valerie54US #100
#22Christine49US #24
#23Shirley45US #27
#24Joann44US #104
#25Beverly43US #33
#26Stephanie42US #129
#27Yvonne42US #101
#28Colleen41US #114
#29Gayle41US #124
#30Amy38US #200
#31Ann37US #46
#32Doreen36
#33Margaret35US #17
#34Bernadette34
#35Elizabeth34US #23
#36Joyce34US #28
#37Frances33US #59
#38Carolyn32US #22
#39Gwendolyn31US #112
#40June31US #142
#41Marilyn31US #41
#42Darlene30US #79
#43Elaine30US #66
#44Joan30US #39
#45Judith30US #25
#46Gloria29US #31
#47Joanne29US #73
#48Lynette29
#49Phyllis29US #57
#50Cheryl27US #30
#51Evelyn27US #88
#52Roberta27US #92
#53Iris26
#54Paulette26US #148
#55Geraldine25US #108
#56Arlene24US #134
#57Ellen24US #68
#58Helen24US #54
#59Pauline24US #180
#60Catherine23US #34
#61Lynne23US #144
#62Nancy23US #7
#63Wanda23US #52
#64Charlotte22US #84
#65Jane22US #43
#66Lorna22
#67Marie22US #78
#68Jocelyn21
#69Katherine21US #55
#70Lois21US #85
#71Irene20US #105
#72Paula20US #51
#73Wendy20US #110
#74Yolanda20US #179
#75Audrey19US #168
#76Claire19
#77Claudia19US #123
#78Janet19US #19
#79Lorraine19US #102
#80Marlene19US #118
#81Naomi19
#82Annette18US #143
#83Bonnie18US #37
#84Brenda18US #14
#85Faye18
#86Jacqueline18US #56
#87Jan18US #145
#88Jennifer18US #119
#89Laverne18
#90Leilani18
#91Myra18
#92Ruth18US #53
#93Theresa18US #64
#94Aileen17
#95Betty17US #29
#96Jean17US #49
#97Kathryn17US #45
#98Lillian17US #167
#99Mona17
#100Priscilla17US #181

Boys

#1Michael241US #4
#2Robert186US #2
#3John170US #3
#4James155US #1
#5David146US #5
#6Wayne142US #37
#7Gary137US #10
#8Glenn136US #58
#9William130US #6
#10Richard109US #7
#11Steven104US #13
#12Dennis97US #17
#13Paul80US #18
#14Joseph78US #14
#15Thomas77US #8
#16Ronald75US #12
#17Edward73US #23
#18Kenneth72US #16
#19Alan71US #40
#20George70US #22
#21Charles67US #9
#22Eric63US #93
#23Patrick63US #39
#24Mark61US #20
#25Brian58US #75
#26Daniel57US #21
#27Rodney56US #84
#28Anthony55US #34
#29Douglas55US #27
#30Keith55US #59
#31Gerald53US #36
#32Gordon52US #108
#33Melvin52US #88
#34Stephen52US #19
#35Bruce51US #26
#36Raymond50US #32
#37Roy50US #52
#38Donald49US #15
#39Stanley48US #54
#40Leslie47US #124
#41Peter46US #38
#42Gregory45US #25
#43Calvin44US #106
#44Clyde44US #132
#45Clifford42US #101
#46Henry38US #47
#47Earl36US #95
#48Jeffrey36US #35
#49Russell36US #73
#50Lawrence34US #33
#51Arthur33US #44
#52Wesley33US #171
#53Dean32US #105
#54Frank32US #31
#55Leonard32US #80
#56Milton32US #169
#57Randall32US #66
#58Alvin31US #121
#59Craig30US #63
#60Clayton29
#61Francis28US #85
#62Timothy27US #28
#63Andrew26US #69
#64Harry26US #70
#65Howard26US #74
#66Albert25US #60
#67Alfred25US #100
#68Gilbert25US #142
#69Guy25US #179
#70Larry25US #11
#71Ernest24US #83
#72Walter24US #42
#73Warren24US #118
#74Carl23US #43
#75Edwin23US #119
#76Norman23US #90
#77Terry22US #30
#78Allen21US #72
#79Arnold21US #177
#80Lester21US #151
#81Miles21
#82Ralph21US #51
#83Randolph21US #160
#84Samuel21US #67
#85Allan20US #137
#86Harold20US #46
#87Scott20US #68
#88Wendell20
#89Frederick19US #78
#90Jerry19US #24
#91Kevin19US #53
#92Benjamin18US #123
#93Vernon18US #131
#94Christopher17US #61
#95Don17US #117
#96Herbert17US #112
#97Lloyd17US #125
#98Myron17
#99Phillip17US #79
#100Roland17US #184

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑47Eric#22
↑40Evelyn#51
↑40Ellen#57
↑40Catherine#60
↑36Timothy#62
↑35Joan#44
↑35Pauline#59
↑34Jeffrey#48

Falling

↓55Janet#78
↓52Theresa#93
↓46Jean#96
↓38Charlotte#64
↓37Irene#71
↓37Laverne#89
↓34Nancy#62
↓31Kathryn#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.