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Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,565 Hawaii births in 1961 across 602 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#30Derekoutside the national top 200
#44Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#49Claytonoutside the national top 200
#50Irisoutside the national top 200
#63Leilanioutside the national top 200
#38Lance#173 nationally
#74Nadineoutside the national top 200
#74Jasonoutside the national top 200
#75Clydeoutside the national top 200
#76Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#79Wendelloutside the national top 200
#80Claireoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lisa183US #2
#2Donna119US #7
#3Lori115US #14
#4Susan112US #3
#5Mary102US #1
#6Sandra96US #9
#7Karen93US #5
#8Deborah87US #10
#9Cheryl86US #20
#10Linda84US #4
#11Laurie75US #43
#12Wendy74US #61
#13Cynthia70US #8
#14Sharon70US #17
#15Patricia65US #6
#16Tammy65US #28
#17Elizabeth64US #19
#18Debra63US #13
#19Laura58US #21
#20Kathleen57US #29
#21Carol53US #24
#22Tracy51US #64
#23Cindy49US #33
#24Denise49US #30
#25Diane49US #26
#26Valerie47US #67
#27Brenda46US #11
#28Pamela45US #15
#29Julie44US #23
#30Robin43US #27
#31Michelle42US #34
#32Stephanie42US #78
#33Teresa42US #18
#34Ann41US #54
#35Debbie40US #31
#36Janice37US #52
#37Tina35US #41
#38Kathy34US #25
#39Barbara33US #12
#40Kimberly33US #22
#41Lynn33US #71
#42Catherine32US #48
#43Jacqueline32US #37
#44Roxanne31
#45Christine30US #39
#46Joann30US #137
#47Terri30US #51
#48Cathy29US #55
#49Dawn29US #49
#50Iris29
#51Kim29US #36
#52Nancy29US #16
#53Renee29US #79
#54Jennifer28US #47
#55Joy28US #158
#56Margaret28US #40
#57Diana27US #56
#58Gail27US #94
#59Jamie27US #171
#60Kelly27US #45
#61Angela26US #38
#62Janet26US #32
#63Leilani26
#64Suzanne26US #68
#65Theresa26US #35
#66Amy25US #69
#67Leslie25US #84
#68Carolyn24US #42
#69Jan24US #188
#70Judy24US #58
#71Terry24US #108
#72Annette23US #73
#73Katherine23US #86
#74Nadine23
#75Colleen22US #106
#76Bernadette21
#77Joyce21US #62
#78Shari21US #142
#79Beverly20US #66
#80Claire20
#81Darlene20US #80
#82Gayle20
#83Helen20US #119
#84Bonnie19US #75
#85Jill19US #74
#86Melanie19US #123
#87Natalie19
#88Paula19US #60
#89Roberta19US #162
#90Shirley19US #85
#91April18
#92Charlene18US #150
#93Michele18US #63
#94Ramona18
#95Vanessa18US #153
#96Faith17
#97Jane17US #72
#98Joan17US #89
#99June17
#100Lani17

Boys

#1Michael282US #1
#2John232US #3
#3David226US #2
#4Mark212US #6
#5Robert197US #5
#6James191US #4
#7William145US #7
#8Kevin134US #14
#9Richard122US #8
#10Brian119US #20
#11Paul116US #18
#12Thomas107US #9
#13Steven105US #10
#14Gary96US #21
#15Jeffrey90US #11
#16Scott90US #19
#17Charles88US #13
#18Daniel86US #17
#19Joseph78US #12
#20Kenneth77US #16
#21Eric74US #38
#22Glenn69US #64
#23Alan66US #51
#24Ronald64US #24
#25George62US #31
#26Keith62US #35
#27Patrick62US #39
#28Dean60US #84
#29Anthony58US #25
#30Derek57
#31Donald57US #22
#32Darryl55US #80
#33Edward53US #29
#34Gregory53US #23
#35Russell50US #55
#36Christopher49US #26
#37Craig48US #43
#38Lance45US #173
#39Peter43US #42
#40Henry42US #92
#41Jon42US #93
#42Matthew42US #59
#43Rodney42US #72
#44Stephen42US #27
#45Timothy40US #15
#46Guy39US #162
#47Andrew38US #52
#48Randall38US #63
#49Clayton37
#50Larry37US #30
#51Lawrence37US #67
#52Wayne37US #61
#53Douglas36US #28
#54Bruce35US #40
#55Jonathan34US #112
#56Randy34US #33
#57Tracy34US #119
#58Frank33US #41
#59Wesley32US #163
#60Raymond31US #48
#61Ricky31US #44
#62Robin31US #169
#63Roy31US #83
#64Troy31US #100
#65Aaron30US #167
#66Dennis30US #34
#67Carl29US #56
#68Curtis29US #75
#69Walter29US #74
#70Albert28US #97
#71Benjamin28US #146
#72Bryan28US #82
#73Francis28US #148
#74Jason27
#75Clyde26
#76Jeffery26US #50
#77Stanley26US #106
#78Terry26US #32
#79Wendell26
#80Glen25US #135
#81Dwayne24US #111
#82Gordon24US #165
#83Todd24US #46
#84Eugene23US #113
#85Frederick23US #117
#86Ross23
#87Samuel23US #89
#88Gerald22US #62
#89Melvin22US #128
#90Arthur21US #85
#91Edwin21US #145
#92Kelly21US #125
#93Kyle21
#94Mike21US #36
#95Alfred20US #152
#96Chris20US #57
#97Clarence20US #155
#98Jay20US #81
#99Jesse20US #150
#100Martin20US #73

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑44Matthew#42
↑42Tina#37
↑36Dawn#49
↑32Gregory#34
↑28Derek#30
↑26Aaron#65
↑21Terri#47
↑19Suzanne#64

Falling

↓51Darlene#81
↓49Charlene#92
↓40Annette#72
↓34Colleen#75
↓31Raymond#60
↓29Jill#85
↓28Joyce#77
↓26Faith#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.