Popular baby names in Hawaii, 1931

The most popular baby names in Hawaii in 1931 were Mary for girls (114 babies) and George for boys (167). George ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,544 babies born in Hawaii in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Hawaii in 1931

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, 319.5× the national rate
Miyoko: 15 babies, 282× the national rate
Lily: 21 babies, 25× the national rate
Amy: 23 babies, 21.2× the national rate
Harriet: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Violet: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Mabel: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Florence: 73 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jane: 59 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Agnes: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Noboru: 15 babies, 269.7× the national rate
Francisco: 18 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Wilfred: 19 babies, 12× the national rate
Wallace: 32 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 31 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Alexander: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gilbert: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Herbert: 69 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Manuel: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Samuel: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Hawaii, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	114	–	1
2	Betty	105	↑1	2
3	Alice	87	↑1	21
4	Helen	87	↓2	6
5	Dorothy	78	↑2	3
6	Florence	73	↑9	43
7	Margaret	62	↓2	7
8	Jane	59	↑1	50
9	Mildred	59	↓3	26
10	Elizabeth	48	↑3	16
11	Barbara	46	↑25	4
12	Doris	46	–	10
13	Lillian	46	↓2	47
14	Nancy	46	↓6	17
15	Ruth	45	↑7	11
16	Gladys	41	↑14	55
17	Grace	39	↓1	70
18	Josephine	39	↑6	51
19	Frances	38	↑14	18
20	Elaine	36	↑19	72
21	Eleanor	36	↓3	40
22	Jean	36	↑9	13
23	Rose	36	↓13	30
24	Violet	35	↓7	>100
25	Beatrice	33	↓5	85
26	Harriet	32	↑19	>100
27	Janet	31	↓6	45
28	Patricia	31	↑18	8
29	Agnes	30	↑15	>100
30	Ethel	29	↑2	67
31	Evelyn	28	↓17	24
32	June	28	new	44
33	Lorraine	28	↑2	49
34	Dolores	27	↑3	14
35	Elsie	27	↑5	86
36	Loretta	26	↑13	96
37	Bernice	25	↓8	63
38	Clara	24	–	61
39	Irene	24	↓20	37
40	Amy	23	new	>100
41	Ellen	23	new	99
42	Edith	22	↓16	65
43	Shirley	22	↓9	9
44	Lily	21	↓2	>100
45	Norma	21	new	22
46	Thelma	21	↓21	53
47	Charlotte	20	new	75
48	Mabel	19	↓21	>100
49	Hazel	18	new	74
50	Joan	18	new	5

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	George	167	–	8
2	Robert	145	↑2	1
3	James	137	–	2
4	Richard	128	↓2	5
5	William	104	↑1	4
6	John	90	↑1	3
7	Joseph	85	↑1	9
8	Thomas	81	↑7	10
9	Henry	78	↓4	22
10	Edward	73	↓1	11
11	Charles	71	↑1	6
12	Herbert	69	↑1	41
13	Donald	68	↑10	7
14	Harry	66	–	30
15	Raymond	61	↓5	17
16	Walter	59	↑5	20
17	Albert	54	↓1	24
18	Lawrence	53	–	38
19	David	51	–	13
20	Kenneth	51	↓3	14
21	Stanley	45	↓10	49
22	Harold	44	↓2	18
23	Paul	44	↑2	12
24	Samuel	44	↑4	56
25	Ernest	35	↑6	47
26	Gilbert	35	↑1	92
27	Francis	33	↓5	42
28	Daniel	32	↓4	44
29	Wallace	32	↑14	>100
30	Benjamin	31	↑2	>100
31	Frank	31	↓2	16
32	Clarence	28	↓6	39
33	Arthur	27	↑1	23
34	Alfred	25	↓4	50
35	Clifford	22	new	75
36	Edwin	22	↓1	67
37	Peter	22	–	61
38	Howard	21	↓5	34
39	Manuel	19	↓3	>100
40	Melvin	19	new	51
41	Wilfred	19	↓3	>100
42	Francisco	18	new	>100
43	Frederick	18	↑7	73
44	Roy	18	↑5	35
45	Herman	17	new	83
46	Norman	16	↑1	36
47	Alexander	15	↓8	>100
48	Douglas	15	new	85
49	Jose	15	new	>100
50	Noboru	15	new	>100

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