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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,987 Hawaii births in 1955 across 563 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#34Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#42Claytonoutside the national top 200
#50Irisoutside the national top 200
#56Milesoutside the national top 200
#62Lanioutside the national top 200
#63Derekoutside the national top 200
#29Roxanne#165 nationally
#67Lanceoutside the national top 200
#70Daleoutside the national top 200
#70Randaloutside the national top 200
#71Rolandoutside the national top 200
#72Doreenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Susan152US #5
#2Debra151US #4
#3Karen124US #8
#4Linda110US #3
#5Donna108US #10
#6Patricia107US #6
#7Cynthia99US #11
#8Sandra89US #13
#9Deborah87US #2
#10Cheryl82US #19
#11Kathleen82US #17
#12Pamela76US #12
#13Mary69US #1
#14Sharon68US #16
#15Valerie68US #80
#16Lynn66US #62
#17Diane63US #14
#18Stephanie62US #114
#19Gail55US #42
#20Barbara54US #7
#21Elizabeth51US #21
#22Ann50US #43
#23Charlene47US #130
#24Carol46US #15
#25Janice46US #25
#26Lisa44US #48
#27Wendy44US #90
#28Lori39US #89
#29Roxanne38US #165
#30Denise37US #23
#31Laura37US #41
#32Theresa37US #38
#33Audrey35US #143
#34Bernadette35
#35Brenda34US #18
#36Marilyn33US #49
#37Terry33US #83
#38Beverly32US #34
#39Christine32US #40
#40Colleen32US #110
#41Joan32US #46
#42Katherine32US #65
#43Joanne31US #88
#44Robin31US #33
#45Vanessa31US #140
#46Yvonne31US #119
#47Carolyn30US #30
#48Darlene30US #76
#49Renee30US #117
#50Iris29
#51Judy29US #32
#52Kathy29US #22
#53Roberta29US #113
#54Shirley28US #37
#55Catherine27US #28
#56Frances27US #96
#57Paula27US #39
#58Arlene26US #175
#59Dawn26US #103
#60Joy26US #152
#61Joyce26US #29
#62Lani26
#63Margaret26US #24
#64Nancy26US #9
#65Gayle25US #146
#66Gloria25US #47
#67Jennifer25US #104
#68Joann25US #136
#69Teresa25US #26
#70Dale24
#71Debbie24US #63
#72Doreen24
#73Jan24US #138
#74Lynne24US #155
#75Sheila24US #57
#76Wanda24US #61
#77Evelyn23US #112
#78Amy22US #134
#79Cindy22US #79
#80Elaine22US #77
#81Faye22
#82Janet22US #20
#83Jean22US #60
#84Kathryn22US #59
#85Lorna22
#86Terri22US #85
#87Annette21US #156
#88Irene21US #147
#89Lynette21
#90Michele21US #93
#91Sheryl21US #125
#92Gwen20
#93Jo20US #58
#94Leilani20
#95Leslie20US #99
#96Ramona20US #196
#97Suzanne20US #86
#98Yolanda20US #167
#99Aileen19
#100Jane19US #50

Boys

#1Michael308US #1
#2David218US #2
#3Robert216US #4
#4John187US #5
#5William181US #6
#6James160US #3
#7Mark132US #9
#8Gary126US #12
#9Richard120US #7
#10Brian115US #40
#11Steven96US #10
#12Paul94US #16
#13Thomas94US #8
#14Glenn90US #59
#15Wayne87US #44
#16Joseph76US #13
#17Ronald76US #18
#18Edward74US #25
#19Jeffrey72US #20
#20Alan70US #43
#21Daniel70US #17
#22Stephen70US #21
#23Charles69US #11
#24Eric63US #85
#25Patrick63US #41
#26Keith62US #39
#27George61US #26
#28Rodney61US #65
#29Dennis60US #23
#30Kenneth59US #15
#31Russell58US #57
#32Randall53US #53
#33Gregory49US #24
#34Bruce47US #32
#35Peter47US #35
#36Kevin46US #27
#37Craig45US #50
#38Anthony44US #31
#39Dean42US #111
#40Guy41US #145
#41Roy41US #58
#42Clayton40
#43Raymond40US #36
#44Wesley40US #151
#45Benjamin38US #132
#46Stanley38US #64
#47Timothy38US #22
#48Christopher37US #49
#49Clyde37US #164
#50Curtis37US #79
#51Donald37US #14
#52Douglas37US #29
#53Lawrence37US #42
#54Gerald34US #48
#55Henry34US #61
#56Miles32
#57Scott32US #38
#58Arthur31US #56
#59Carl31US #47
#60Edwin31US #124
#61Leslie31US #138
#62Albert30US #76
#63Derek30
#64Frank30US #34
#65Walter30US #51
#66Gordon29US #128
#67Lance29
#68Clifford28US #118
#69Glen28US #131
#70Randal28
#71Roland28
#72Dale27US #52
#73Norman27US #102
#74Samuel26US #71
#75Earl25US #106
#76Larry25US #19
#77Melvin25US #95
#78Milton25US #185
#79Allen24US #84
#80Eugene24US #81
#81Alvin23US #134
#82Andrew23US #66
#83Darrell23US #91
#84Frederick23US #86
#85Louis23US #82
#86Randy23US #30
#87Aaron22
#88Don22US #125
#89Ernest22US #90
#90Francis22US #100
#91Jerry22US #33
#92Warren22US #130
#93Bert21
#94Howard21US #83
#95Jonathan21US #116
#96Lloyd21US #147
#97Alfred20US #119
#98Ross20
#99Alexander19
#100Bryan19US #177

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑42Lori#28
↑40Audrey#33
↑40Arlene#58
↑39Katherine#42
↑31Bernadette#34
↑30Lisa#26
↑28Teresa#69
↑26Yvonne#46

Falling

↓44Jean#83
↓40Doreen#72
↓38Joann#68
↓35Yolanda#98
↓31Nancy#64
↓30Warren#92
↓28Lynette#89
↓28Melvin#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.