The newspaper announcements were published days after the births. The numbers were put on the certificates at the end of the month after a month’s worth of BCs were collected.
For example, Stig Waidelich was born after the Nordykes but his announcement is in the same paper as Obama’s.
They could have been alphabetized by last name.
Annnn (redacted) – 09945 – August 23rd, Accepted/Filed August 24th
Nordyke, Susan – 10637 – August 5th, Accepted/Filed August 11th
Nordyke, Gretchen – 10638 – August 5th, Accepted/Filed August 11th
Obama, Barack – 10641 – August 4th, Accepted/Filed August 8th
Waidelich, Stig – 10920 – August 5th/Accepted/Filed August 8th
Sunahara, Virginia - 11080 - August 4th, Accepted/Filed August 10th
The first five were born at Kapiolani Hospital, Virgina Sunahara was born at Wahiawa Hospital.
Probably not. A birth ledger was kept in chronological occurrence along with the file or certificate numbers. The idea that they were saved till the end of month is probably a simple misstatement, because it would have required a lot of going back and forth. Spokesbabe Okubo also noted that the numbers were added when the certificates were filed and accepted. Why on Earth would they have a filing date and signature but not add a number until later. It makes no sense.
For example, Stig Waidelich was born after the Nordykes but his announcement is in the same paper as Obama’s.
Sorry, but I don't put any stock into Stig's alleged certificate number or the others that magically appeared almost 50 years later. The Nordyke twins birth certificate numbers and the newspaper announcements are enough to show that the certificates were not alphabetized.