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Baby names in Hawaii in the 1930s

In Hawaii in the 1930s the most given names were George (1,470 boys) and Mary (863 girls), of 63,042 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Hawaii each year, the 1930s shaded
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Hawaii births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251930-1939BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Hawaii, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Hawaii, 1930s

Girls, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Mary863
2Betty711
3Barbara700
4Jane683
5Helen652
6Shirley595
7Jean581
8Dorothy539
9Alice525
10Margaret504
11Nancy494
12Florence482
13Mildred476
14Janet476
15Patricia448
16Elizabeth425
17Lillian419
18Frances380
19Doris373
20Eleanor355
Boys, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1George1,470
2Robert1,450
3Richard1,418
4James1,321
5John1,004
6William969
7Edward768
8Thomas751
9Joseph722
10Kenneth698
11Stanley695
12Charles691
13Donald646
14Henry645
15David585
16Raymond530
17Herbert528
18Walter523
19Albert514
20Harry486

Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Hawaii in the 1930s

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, 1930-1939.

More about names in Hawaii

  1. The 1930s 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 1940sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1930The 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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