State roster

Top names in Hawaii

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Hawaii birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,496 Hawaii births in 1972 across 569 distinct names.

Distinctively Hawaii

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

#13Maliaoutside the national top 200
#35Leilanioutside the national top 200
#66Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#67Sharioutside the national top 200
#69Shirleyoutside the national top 200
#75Carolineoutside the national top 200
#81Joannoutside the national top 200
#83Rolandoutside the national top 200
#59Shawna#174 nationally
#86Desireeoutside the national top 200
#92Arleneoutside the national top 200
#93Charmaineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer180US #1
#2Michelle128US #2
#3Lisa116US #3
#4Kimberly99US #4
#5Nicole65US #10
#6Cheryl58US #56
#7Wendy54US #29
#8Christine52US #16
#9Melissa51US #7
#10Dawn50US #20
#11Julie50US #12
#12Michele46US #36
#13Malia45
#14Lori44US #28
#15Heather43US #9
#16Melanie43US #42
#17Mary37US #13
#18Tammy36US #11
#19Elizabeth35US #15
#20Angela34US #6
#21Christina34US #26
#22Cynthia34US #25
#23Tracy34US #19
#24Amy33US #5
#25Jessica31US #46
#26Laura31US #17
#27Kelly30US #23
#28Stephanie30US #8
#29Renee29US #77
#30Susan29US #24
#31Kathleen28US #57
#32Sandra27US #31
#33Shannon27US #22
#34Tiffany27US #61
#35Leilani25
#36Rebecca25US #14
#37Tina25US #18
#38Dana24US #52
#39Heidi24US #64
#40Janet23US #111
#41Rachel23US #40
#42Stacey23US #41
#43Catherine22US #65
#44Danielle22US #73
#45Leslie22US #75
#46Robin22US #55
#47Stacy22US #33
#48Tanya22US #54
#49Denise21US #35
#50Karen21US #21
#51Pamela21US #34
#52Patricia21US #27
#53Erin20US #93
#54Tricia20US #120
#55Jodi19US #97
#56Katherine19US #69
#57Kelli19US #150
#58Linda19US #51
#59Shawna19US #174
#60Suzanne19US #92
#61Allison18US #115
#62April18US #48
#63Carrie18US #53
#64Crystal18US #59
#65Rhonda18US #60
#66Roxanne18
#67Shari18
#68Shelly18US #94
#69Shirley18
#70Vanessa18US #133
#71Kim17US #118
#72Kristine17US #127
#73Ann16US #91
#74Barbara16US #58
#75Caroline16
#76Cindy16US #80
#77Diane16US #105
#78Holly16US #71
#79Jamie16US #114
#80Jenny16US #119
#81Joann16
#82Kathy16US #108
#83Sheri16US #147
#84Yvette16US #189
#85Brenda15US #44
#86Desiree15
#87Monica15US #47
#88Sharon15US #50
#89Theresa15US #68
#90Victoria15US #99
#91Andrea14US #30
#92Arlene14
#93Charmaine14
#94Deanna14US #107
#95Evelyn14
#96Jacqueline14US #79
#97Kristie14US #168
#98Maile14
#99Nancy14US #63
#100Rochelle14

Boys

#1Michael234US #1
#2Jason166US #7
#3Christopher165US #2
#4David159US #4
#5John153US #5
#6Robert146US #6
#7James131US #3
#8Chad100US #25
#9Richard100US #14
#10Brian98US #8
#11Scott92US #11
#12Matthew90US #10
#13Kevin89US #13
#14Ryan88US #39
#15William87US #9
#16Sean81US #33
#17Jeffrey77US #17
#18Paul73US #24
#19Daniel72US #15
#20Eric71US #16
#21Steven70US #19
#22Mark69US #18
#23Shane68US #55
#24Charles64US #23
#25Joseph63US #12
#26Thomas57US #20
#27Edward53US #34
#28Patrick51US #35
#29Jonathan49US #37
#30Aaron48US #40
#31Ronald47US #32
#32Brandon43US #63
#33George43US #44
#34Joshua41US #59
#35Kenneth41US #27
#36Troy37US #49
#37Benjamin36US #64
#38Keith36US #38
#39Anthony35US #22
#40Gregory35US #26
#41Todd35US #31
#42Shawn34US #28
#43Stephen34US #29
#44Craig33US #46
#45Peter33US #48
#46Timothy32US #21
#47Wayne32US #103
#48Jon31US #89
#49Alexander30US #129
#50Gary30US #41
#51Marc30US #83
#52Dean29US #156
#53Jesse29US #88
#54Kyle29US #113
#55Andrew28US #30
#56Bryan28US #45
#57Donald28US #36
#58Shannon28US #94
#59Dennis27US #52
#60Derek27US #67
#61Lawrence27US #101
#62Adam25US #51
#63Lance25US #126
#64Lee25US #125
#65Glenn24US #134
#66Randy24US #70
#67Jay23US #115
#68Jeremy23US #42
#69Rodney23US #65
#70Alan22US #110
#71Frank22US #56
#72Justin22US #60
#73Samuel22US #66
#74Darren21US #106
#75Douglas21US #43
#76Jerry21US #53
#77Albert20US #112
#78Christian20US #96
#79Henry20US #118
#80Raymond19US #54
#81Travis19US #57
#82Allen18US #123
#83Roland18
#84Walter18US #98
#85Clifford17US #186
#86Russell17US #69
#87Vincent17US #105
#88Carl16US #85
#89Joel16US #78
#90Nathan16US #79
#91Eugene15US #145
#92Kurt15US #164
#93Larry15US #47
#94Nelson15
#95Phillip15US #75
#96Randall15US #120
#97Chris14US #82
#98Grant14
#99Warren14
#100Corey13US #95

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑62Joshua#34
↑60Tiffany#34
↑45Robin#46
↑39Benjamin#37
↑37Janet#40
↑36Jesse#53
↑33Roxanne#66
↑31Brandon#32

Falling

↓69Andrea#91
↓53Rochelle#100
↓42Monica#87
↓38Denise#49
↓37Deanna#94
↓36Nathan#90
↓35Karen#50
↓34Henry#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.