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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,366 Hawaii births in 1957 across 578 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#37Irisoutside the national top 200
#50Nathanoutside the national top 200
#61Leilanioutside the national top 200
#61Derekoutside the national top 200
#63Lanceoutside the national top 200
#66Claytonoutside the national top 200
#47Clyde#176 nationally
#72Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#69Randal#192 nationally
#75Roxanne#198 nationally
#78Fayeoutside the national top 200
#45Wesley#160 nationally

Girls

#1Karen145US #5
#2Debra123US #4
#3Cynthia121US #7
#4Donna120US #10
#5Susan120US #2
#6Linda96US #3
#7Patricia93US #8
#8Sandra92US #15
#9Cheryl90US #16
#10Mary85US #1
#11Deborah81US #6
#12Cindy78US #19
#13Diane74US #17
#14Sharon74US #14
#15Carol71US #18
#16Lisa70US #26
#17Brenda69US #13
#18Kathleen65US #21
#19Ann61US #44
#20Elizabeth57US #22
#21Pamela56US #12
#22Darlene55US #57
#23Lori55US #45
#24Barbara54US #9
#25Valerie53US #76
#26Lynn50US #61
#27Margaret48US #29
#28Laura47US #31
#29Nancy47US #11
#30Janice46US #32
#31Janet44US #23
#32Stephanie44US #110
#33Charlene43US #136
#34Gail43US #54
#35Kathy42US #20
#36Debbie39US #27
#37Iris37
#38Catherine36US #37
#39Theresa36US #36
#40Doreen35US #150
#41Joann35US #137
#42Julie35US #28
#43Cathy34US #39
#44Jan33US #140
#45Wendy33US #101
#46Renee32US #111
#47Carolyn31US #33
#48Joyce31US #40
#49Colleen29US #118
#50Katherine29US #72
#51Teresa29US #24
#52Jennifer28US #87
#53Kim28US #35
#54Paula28US #49
#55Robin28US #30
#56Wanda28US #59
#57Denise27US #25
#58Kimberly27US #42
#59Michele27US #99
#60Dawn26US #93
#61Leilani26
#62Joan25US #60
#63Joy25US #143
#64Lynne25US #160
#65Phyllis25US #90
#66Helen24US #95
#67Joanne24US #94
#68Laurie24US #73
#69Roberta24US #121
#70Amy23US #114
#71Audrey23US #149
#72Grace23US #186
#73Jean23US #67
#74Rose23US #69
#75Roxanne23US #198
#76Annette22US #97
#77Christine22US #41
#78Faye22
#79Gayle22US #173
#80Melanie22US #152
#81Victoria22US #88
#82Anna21US #105
#83Diana21US #43
#84June21US #190
#85Lois21US #145
#86Michelle21US #79
#87Shirley21US #46
#88Terry21US #92
#89Anne20US #86
#90Bernadette20
#91Claire20
#92Judy20US #38
#93Beverly19US #48
#94Frances19US #113
#95Gwendolyn19US #132
#96Leslie19US #77
#97Marlene19US #177
#98Natalie19
#99Ruth19US #84
#100Sheryl19US #112

Boys

#1Michael326US #1
#2Robert229US #4
#3John220US #5
#4David200US #3
#5James197US #2
#6Richard163US #8
#7Mark160US #7
#8William155US #6
#9Thomas106US #9
#10Paul103US #18
#11Keith97US #36
#12Charles95US #11
#13Steven93US #10
#14Wayne88US #47
#15Joseph85US #12
#16Jeffrey84US #21
#17Gary78US #13
#18Kevin77US #20
#19Patrick71US #41
#20Russell71US #54
#21Eric70US #60
#22Edward67US #25
#23Brian66US #26
#24Daniel66US #16
#25Alan64US #48
#26Kenneth64US #14
#27Scott64US #32
#28Gregory63US #23
#29Stephen62US #24
#30George61US #29
#31Dean60US #93
#32Glenn60US #62
#33Peter55US #37
#34Bruce54US #34
#35Donald54US #15
#36Anthony51US #27
#37Ronald51US #17
#38Raymond50US #39
#39Randall49US #59
#40Timothy48US #19
#41Craig47US #55
#42Dennis46US #28
#43Douglas46US #30
#44Lawrence46US #46
#45Wesley44US #160
#46Rodney43US #70
#47Clyde42US #176
#48Guy39US #149
#49Alvin38US #144
#50Nathan38
#51Christopher37US #43
#52Carl35US #49
#53Leslie34US #156
#54Ricky34US #40
#55Roy34US #65
#56Walter34US #58
#57Jay33US #88
#58Randy33US #31
#59Stanley33US #81
#60Curtis31US #80
#61Derek30
#62Henry30US #75
#63Lance30
#64Larry30US #22
#65Albert29US #84
#66Clayton29
#67Darrell29US #90
#68Frank29US #38
#69Randal29US #192
#70Edwin27US #134
#71Karl26US #146
#72Nelson26
#73Samuel26US #82
#74Warren26US #147
#75Arthur25US #66
#76Benjamin25US #138
#77Clifford25US #130
#78Gerald25US #51
#79Norman25US #118
#80Andrew24US #56
#81Gordon24US #140
#82Howard23US #89
#83Jon23US #110
#84Robin23US #168
#85Allan22US #187
#86Ernest22US #101
#87Glen22US #129
#88Melvin22US #113
#89Alfred21US #131
#90Bryan21US #115
#91Chris21US #120
#92Jeffery21US #52
#93Jerry21US #35
#94Lester21US #183
#95Milton21US #198
#96Ross21
#97Matthew20US #83
#98Roger20US #42
#99Aaron19US #200
#100Duane19US #136

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑48Jennifer#52
↑35Nathan#50
↑30Lance#63
↑27Grace#72
↑26Doreen#40
↑26Carolyn#47
↑26Michele#59
↑22Leslie#53

Falling

↓57Beverly#93
↓48Marlene#97
↓45Shirley#87
↓36Anne#89
↓36Gordon#81
↓28Laurie#68
↓27Diana#83
↓26Duane#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.