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Baby names in Hawaii in the 1920s

In Hawaii in the 1920s the most given names were George (1,326 boys) and Mary (1,073 girls), of 64,218 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Hawaii each year, the 1920s shaded
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Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Hawaii, 1920-1929: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Hawaii, 1920s

Girls, 1920-1929
#NameBirths
1Mary1,073
2Helen907
3Dorothy832
4Margaret784
5Alice697
6Betty647
7Mildred551
8Elizabeth543
9Florence507
10Rose472
11Violet441
12Gladys428
13Lillian407
14Beatrice396
15Ruth387
16Doris384
17Frances376
18Eleanor367
19Nancy366
20Jane360
Boys, 1920-1929
#NameBirths
1George1,326
2John1,042
3William1,006
4James998
5Robert961
6Richard925
7Joseph814
8Henry685
9Edward633
10Charles578
11Albert523
12Harry476
13David475
14Walter459
15Thomas446
16Herbert430
17Raymond410
18Frank354
19Alfred339
20Harold322

Births summed over 1920-1929, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Hawaii in the 1920s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1920-1929.

More about names in Hawaii

  1. The 1920s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Hawaii: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Hawaii in the 1930sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1920The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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