State roster

Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,810 Hawaii births in 1954 across 550 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#32Doreenoutside the national top 200
#47Claytonoutside the national top 200
#48Irisoutside the national top 200
#61Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#65Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#66Faithoutside the national top 200
#68Milesoutside the national top 200
#71Lornaoutside the national top 200
#76Wendelloutside the national top 200
#32Wesley#155 nationally
#78Daleoutside the national top 200
#81Derekoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Debra151US #6
#2Susan133US #5
#3Karen111US #8
#4Patricia107US #4
#5Sandra107US #13
#6Cynthia102US #10
#7Linda97US #2
#8Sharon94US #16
#9Deborah92US #3
#10Kathleen91US #14
#11Donna90US #11
#12Mary85US #1
#13Barbara82US #7
#14Cheryl76US #22
#15Carol72US #15
#16Diane72US #17
#17Gail72US #37
#18Pamela67US #12
#19Lynn61US #63
#20Elizabeth60US #20
#21Valerie58US #87
#22Stephanie56US #123
#23Ann53US #44
#24Janice52US #25
#25Darlene49US #76
#26Beverly47US #31
#27Charlene46US #126
#28Colleen46US #119
#29Christine39US #43
#30Joann38US #129
#31Shirley38US #33
#32Doreen37
#33Nancy37US #9
#34Carolyn35US #27
#35Anne34US #80
#36Judy32US #29
#37Brenda31US #18
#38Catherine31US #32
#39Jean31US #56
#40Margaret31US #21
#41Terry31US #88
#42Theresa31US #47
#43Wendy31US #95
#44Denise30US #24
#45Jennifer30US #108
#46Marilyn30US #35
#47Roxanne30US #158
#48Iris29
#49Joy29US #151
#50Joyce29US #28
#51Laura29US #45
#52Lynne29US #157
#53Sheila29US #60
#54Frances28US #83
#55Joan27US #40
#56Lisa27US #73
#57Dawn26US #124
#58Jan26US #131
#59Joanne26US #78
#60Gloria25US #42
#61Lynette25
#62Virginia25US #61
#63Yolanda25US #175
#64Amy24US #139
#65Bernadette24
#66Faith24
#67Gayle24US #147
#68Gwendolyn24US #122
#69Helen24US #72
#70Lori24US #121
#71Lorna24
#72Yvonne24US #117
#73Audrey23US #149
#74Laurie23US #98
#75Leslie23US #99
#76Phyllis23US #75
#77Rose23US #54
#78Dale22
#79Diana22US #57
#80Janet21US #19
#81Katherine21US #64
#82Paula21US #38
#83Paulette21
#84Rebecca21US #26
#85Victoria21US #85
#86Debbie20US #92
#87Elaine20US #74
#88June20US #152
#89Lois20US #110
#90Mona20
#91Naomi20
#92Bonnie19US #52
#93Charlotte19US #113
#94Irene19US #140
#95Jacqueline19US #68
#96Julie19US #70
#97Teresa19US #34
#98Arlene18US #169
#99Claire18
#100Jill18US #107

Boys

#1Michael289US #1
#2Robert211US #2
#3John193US #4
#4David171US #5
#5Gary164US #9
#6William153US #6
#7James149US #3
#8Richard143US #7
#9Brian99US #48
#10Steven99US #11
#11Joseph96US #13
#12Thomas96US #8
#13Wayne96US #41
#14Mark89US #12
#15Paul86US #16
#16Alan83US #43
#17Glenn79US #63
#18Daniel72US #18
#19Ronald72US #15
#20Stephen69US #20
#21Patrick67US #38
#22Rodney67US #66
#23Eric66US #89
#24Charles65US #10
#25Dennis61US #21
#26Edward60US #22
#27Jeffrey59US #23
#28Keith58US #45
#29George56US #24
#30Gregory56US #25
#31Roy56US #56
#32Wesley55US #155
#33Peter53US #37
#34Anthony52US #32
#35Bruce52US #30
#36Donald52US #14
#37Craig51US #51
#38Dean50US #110
#39Kenneth50US #17
#40Carl47US #47
#41Frank46US #36
#42Lawrence44US #39
#43Russell44US #69
#44Randall43US #55
#45Douglas42US #29
#46Guy42US #143
#47Clayton41
#48Timothy40US #26
#49Melvin38US #92
#50Gordon37US #122
#51Kevin37US #28
#52Raymond37US #35
#53Clyde36US #161
#54Curtis36US #84
#55Leslie33US #137
#56Stanley33US #58
#57Arthur32US #52
#58Benjamin32US #132
#59Clifford32US #112
#60Henry32US #59
#61Walter32US #49
#62Warren32US #126
#63Albert31US #73
#64Scott31US #40
#65Alvin30US #135
#66Gerald30US #44
#67Howard30US #80
#68Miles30
#69Calvin29US #117
#70Ernest29US #87
#71Glen29US #131
#72Christopher28US #64
#73Earl28US #98
#74Edwin28US #129
#75Samuel28US #71
#76Wendell28
#77Harold27US #60
#78Leonard27US #85
#79Allen26US #82
#80Norman26US #99
#81Derek25
#82Randy25US #33
#83Alfred24US #116
#84Darrell23US #95
#85Jonathan23US #121
#86Milton23US #175
#87Ralph23US #61
#88Frederick22US #83
#89Jerry22US #31
#90Jon22US #111
#91Lester22US #164
#92Roger22US #34
#93Terry22US #27
#94Francis21US #94
#95Robin21US #160
#96Clarence20US #108
#97Eugene20US #77
#98Harry20US #86
#99Karl20US #166
#100Nathan20

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑61Judy#36
↑57Anne#35
↑39Kevin#51
↑38Dawn#57
↑34Terry#41
↑33Catherine#38
↑31Carolyn#34
↑30Arthur#57

Falling

↓37Teresa#97
↓36Elaine#87
↓35Milton#86
↓34Katherine#81
↓34June#88
↓34Arlene#98
↓33Jacqueline#95
↓31Yvonne#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.