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Well, most of the women that are on these passenger lists had their names written in kana with most of them in katakana and some in hiragana, so I'll split up the list into three to see which names are still used in kanji, kana or both. Based on comparisons with the full list from 2003 provided by namaejiten.com:

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KANJI:
Kiku, Yasu, Toyo, Kiyo, Mine (1 & 2 kanji), Sono, Sumi (1 & 2 kanji), Waka, Koto (1 & 2 kanji), Tama

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KANA:
Tsuru

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BOTH:
Haru, Natsu, Yuki, Chiyo (2 kanji, obviously), Tami (2 kanji), Chise (2 kanji, obviously), Hana (1 & 2 kanji), Chika (2 kanji), Misa (1 & 2 kanji), Uta

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So around half of all the names in the top 50 were still usable by 2003 in one way or another.

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My PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/149249