Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1928

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1928 were Helen for girls (114 babies) and George for boys (232). Helen ranked #4 nationally for girls. George ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,988 babies born in Hawaii in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1928

Names given at least 15 times in Hawaii that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Sueko: 15 babies, 288.9× the national rate
Yaeko: 17 babies, 265× the national rate
Sumiko: 18 babies, 235.7× the national rate
Miyoko: 17 babies, 222.6× the national rate
Setsuko: 22 babies, 200.1× the national rate
Yoshiko: 19 babies, 163.7× the national rate
Lily: 30 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Amy: 18 babies, 16.1× the national rate
May: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Mabel: 35 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Boys

Mitsuo: 17 babies, 236.3× the national rate
Shigeru: 19 babies, 224.9× the national rate
Yoshio: 20 babies, 220.5× the national rate
Kiyoshi: 20 babies, 206.2× the national rate
Masao: 20 babies, 206.2× the national rate
Toshio: 19 babies, 173.5× the national rate
Hiroshi: 21 babies, 172.1× the national rate
Tatsuo: 20 babies, 163.9× the national rate
Francisco: 16 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Benjamin: 41 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Helen	114	–	4
2	Mary	111	–	1
3	Betty	97	↑3	2
4	Margaret	95	–	5
5	Dorothy	90	↓2	3
6	Alice	86	↓1	19
7	Mildred	76	–	15
8	Florence	58	–	32
9	Rose	58	↑5	24
10	Elizabeth	55	↑2	14
11	Gladys	53	↓1	41
12	Lillian	51	↑7	35
13	Grace	44	↑10	52
14	Doris	43	↑11	7
15	Frances	41	↑6	13
16	Ruth	39	↓5	6
17	Irene	38	↑12	28
18	Jane	37	↓9	62
19	Katherine	37	↑16	75
20	Beatrice	36	↓5	70
21	Evelyn	36	↑1	17
22	Edith	35	↑11	56
23	Esther	35	↑11	66
24	Mabel	35	–	>100
25	Eleanor	33	↓9	36
26	Annie	31	↑2	37
27	Ethel	30	↑4	55
28	Lily	30	new	>100
29	Violet	30	↓9	>100
30	Virginia	30	new	9
31	Thelma	29	↑1	40
32	Nancy	28	↓15	43
33	Agnes	27	↑13	85
34	Elsie	26	↑6	73
35	Ellen	25	new	98
36	Harriet	25	↑1	>100
37	Josephine	25	↓10	42
38	Barbara	24	↓20	8
39	Bernice	23	↓13	53
40	Edna	23	↑7	45
41	Setsuko	22	new	>100
42	Clara	21	↓3	65
43	Julia	21	new	80
44	Elaine	20	new	68
45	Laura	20	new	83
46	Lorraine	20	↓3	39
47	Hazel	19	new	59
48	Janet	19	new	95
49	Martha	19	new	22
50	Yoshiko	19	↓14	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	George	232	–	8
2	James	152	↑1	3
3	Richard	143	↑2	6
4	William	125	↑2	4
5	Henry	117	↑3	21
6	John	111	↓2	2
7	Robert	111	↓5	1
8	Edward	81	↑5	10
9	Charles	78	↑2	5
10	Joseph	73	↓3	9
11	Walter	73	↓1	18
12	Albert	68	–	23
13	Herbert	66	↑5	25
14	David	62	↑2	19
15	Harry	62	–	26
16	Raymond	52	↑3	16
17	Clarence	45	↑9	35
18	Kenneth	44	↓4	17
19	Thomas	44	↓10	11
20	Harold	43	↑7	14
21	Alfred	42	↓4	33
22	Benjamin	41	↑13	>100
23	Frank	41	↑2	12
24	Daniel	39	↑13	47
25	Ernest	39	↓1	43
26	Paul	38	↑4	13
27	Donald	36	↓6	7
28	Samuel	34	↑11	52
29	Francis	33	↓1	40
30	Stanley	29	↓10	45
31	Edwin	26	↑7	58
32	Manuel	25	–	>100
33	Howard	24	new	31
34	Arthur	23	↓12	22
35	Lawrence	23	↓4	38
36	Peter	23	↑6	56
37	Gilbert	21	new	96
38	Hiroshi	21	↓9	>100
39	Kiyoshi	20	↓5	>100
40	Masao	20	↓4	>100
41	Tatsuo	20	new	>100
42	Wallace	20	new	>100
43	Yoshio	20	↓2	>100
44	Shigeru	19	↑1	>100
45	Toshio	19	↓2	>100
46	Louis	17	new	32
47	Mitsuo	17	↓14	>100
48	Francisco	16	new	>100
49	Alvin	15	new	72
50	Fred	15	new	36

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