State roster

Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,560 Hawaii births in 1952 across 546 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#35Doreenoutside the national top 200
#53Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#55Charmaineoutside the national top 200
#59Irisoutside the national top 200
#61Claytonoutside the national top 200
#63Lornaoutside the national top 200
#74Claireoutside the national top 200
#75Faithoutside the national top 200
#41Wesley#166 nationally
#82Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#85Daleoutside the national top 200
#88Francineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda151US #1
#2Karen140US #8
#3Debra132US #9
#4Susan130US #5
#5Patricia116US #3
#6Deborah110US #4
#7Sandra106US #10
#8Sharon100US #14
#9Diane95US #16
#10Kathleen91US #11
#11Gail87US #39
#12Mary80US #2
#13Cynthia77US #18
#14Donna73US #13
#15Barbara70US #6
#16Lynn66US #71
#17Pamela66US #17
#18Carol65US #12
#19Christine64US #20
#20Charlene61US #106
#21Valerie58US #87
#22Ann52US #45
#23Stephanie51US #123
#24Nancy50US #7
#25Janice45US #23
#26Elizabeth44US #22
#27Joyce42US #27
#28Marilyn40US #38
#29Beverly37US #35
#30Colleen37US #108
#31Darlene37US #77
#32Joann37US #116
#33Shirley37US #28
#34Cheryl36US #31
#35Doreen36
#36Joanne36US #78
#37Carolyn35US #24
#38Gloria34US #36
#39Lynne34US #150
#40Gayle33US #135
#41Charlotte31US #89
#42Janet30US #19
#43Margaret30US #21
#44Denise29US #33
#45Geraldine29US #119
#46Phyllis29US #65
#47Catherine28US #34
#48Frances28US #67
#49Joan28US #37
#50Elaine27US #73
#51Wanda27US #54
#52Lorraine26US #109
#53Bernadette25
#54Brenda25US #15
#55Charmaine25
#56Rose25US #62
#57Martha24US #40
#58Theresa24US #60
#59Iris23
#60Jean23US #50
#61Judy23US #26
#62June23US #148
#63Lorna23
#64Paula23US #47
#65Sheila23US #64
#66Annette22US #156
#67Ellen22US #70
#68Jacqueline22US #58
#69Roberta22US #88
#70Ruth22US #57
#71Yolanda22US #173
#72Yvonne22US #103
#73Audrey21US #168
#74Claire21
#75Faith21
#76Irene21US #121
#77Laura21US #53
#78Lois21US #86
#79Marie21US #82
#80Jeanne20US #98
#81Kathryn20US #48
#82Lynette20
#83Virginia20US #49
#84Amy19US #175
#85Dale19
#86Dorothy19US #46
#87Evelyn19US #90
#88Francine19
#89Judith19US #25
#90Lillian19US #178
#91Corinne18
#92Diana18US #51
#93Faye18
#94Gwendolyn18US #114
#95Helen18US #63
#96Jane18US #42
#97Joy18US #149
#98Katherine18US #59
#99Leilani18
#100Leona18

Boys

#1Michael236US #4
#2Robert200US #2
#3John185US #3
#4James160US #1
#5David153US #5
#6Richard142US #7
#7William136US #6
#8Wayne119US #38
#9Gary113US #10
#10Steven102US #11
#11Glenn100US #61
#12Dennis98US #18
#13Charles94US #9
#14Thomas93US #8
#15Paul91US #19
#16Brian84US #64
#17Joseph80US #12
#18Alan79US #42
#19Stephen73US #21
#20Edward70US #23
#21Rodney68US #84
#22Mark67US #17
#23George66US #22
#24Kenneth65US #16
#25Bruce64US #25
#26Ronald64US #15
#27Patrick63US #37
#28Gregory59US #24
#29Melvin59US #91
#30Daniel54US #20
#31Stanley54US #58
#32Calvin53US #108
#33Lawrence49US #35
#34Leslie49US #125
#35Raymond49US #33
#36Anthony47US #34
#37Eric45US #88
#38Keith45US #49
#39Clyde44US #143
#40Gordon44US #110
#41Wesley44US #166
#42Donald43US #13
#43Russell43US #70
#44Walter43US #44
#45Howard42US #73
#46Peter41US #36
#47Randall41US #63
#48Roy41US #55
#49Warren40US #117
#50Clifford39US #99
#51Dean39US #103
#52Jeffrey39US #31
#53Arthur38US #47
#54Gerald37US #39
#55Larry37US #14
#56Albert35US #66
#57Alvin35US #128
#58Lloyd34US #130
#59Edwin33US #118
#60Andrew32US #68
#61Clayton32
#62Eugene32US #71
#63Henry32US #50
#64Douglas31US #28
#65Jerry31US #26
#66Allen30US #78
#67Christopher30US #57
#68Craig30US #59
#69Frank30US #32
#70Samuel30US #67
#71Leonard29US #83
#72Carl27US #45
#73Lester27US #158
#74Timothy27US #27
#75Curtis26US #86
#76Francis26US #89
#77Harry26US #75
#78Guy25US #152
#79Norman25US #96
#80Allan24US #146
#81Benjamin24US #122
#82Clarence24US #102
#83Harold24US #51
#84Milton24US #169
#85Ernest23US #87
#86Kevin23US #43
#87Neal23US #198
#88Alfred22US #104
#89Derek22
#90Scott22US #54
#91Dwight21US #123
#92Earl21US #98
#93Ralph21US #56
#94Randy21US #41
#95Dale20US #46
#96Gilbert20US #151
#97Jon20US #135
#98Alexander19US #186
#99Vernon19US #137
#100Wendell19

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑39Lloyd#58
↑38Nancy#24
↑36Janet#42
↑36Jean#60
↑35Theresa#58
↑30Brenda#54
↑28Walter#44
↑27Lorraine#52

Falling

↓55Gwendolyn#94
↓54Amy#84
↓45Yvonne#72
↓45Earl#92
↓44Judith#89
↓37Helen#95
↓36Evelyn#87
↓35Douglas#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.