State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,493 Washington births in 1911 across 231 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Washington more than they say America.

#62Juneoutside the national top 200
#85Murieloutside the national top 200
#89Heleneoutside the national top 200
#92Peggyoutside the national top 200
#38Glen#145 nationally
#80Dorothea#182 nationally
#99Eileenoutside the national top 200
#70Clayton#165 nationally
#95Wanda#189 nationally
#71Dan#164 nationally
#88Freda#177 nationally
#67Maxine#152 nationally

Girls

#1Helen131US #2
#2Mary131US #1
#3Margaret121US #3
#4Dorothy116US #4
#5Ruth86US #5
#6Alice69US #11
#7Elizabeth69US #7
#8Evelyn61US #16
#9Frances56US #10
#10Mildred53US #8
#11Ethel51US #15
#12Virginia48US #26
#13Edna46US #17
#14Florence45US #12
#15Gladys45US #18
#16Marie42US #9
#17Marjorie40US #59
#18Louise38US #19
#19Anna37US #6
#20Bernice37US #51
#21Lois37US #68
#22Mabel37US #43
#23Doris36US #56
#24Hazel35US #25
#25Thelma35US #27
#26Edith34US #31
#27Esther34US #34
#28Lillian33US #13
#29Eva32US #46
#30Elsie29US #41
#31Betty27US #69
#32Violet27US #83
#33Grace26US #23
#34Josephine26US #29
#35Lucille26US #32
#36Myrtle26US #50
#37Clara25US #33
#38Ellen25US #84
#39Kathryn25US #73
#40Martha25US #28
#41Vivian25US #80
#42Bertha24US #36
#43Gertrude24US #30
#44Jean24US #74
#45Nellie24US #54
#46Ann23US #53
#47Irene23US #21
#48Ruby22US #22
#49Agnes21US #39
#50Eleanor21US #49
#51Ida21US #45
#52Rose21US #14
#53Catherine20US #20
#54Jessie20US #66
#55Vera20US #67
#56Pauline18US #38
#57Anne17US #64
#58Beatrice17US #37
#59Marguerite17US #87
#60Genevieve16US #93
#61Pearl16US #48
#62June15
#63Marion15US #58
#64Jane14US #98
#65Katherine14US #55
#66Marian14US #105
#67Maxine13US #152
#68Norma13US #153
#69Viola13US #47
#70Alma12US #62
#71Charlotte12US #95
#72May12US #149
#73Verna12US #132
#74Emma11US #35
#75Harriet11US #115
#76Julia11US #44
#77Laura11US #57
#78Mae11US #71
#79Beulah10US #79
#80Dorothea10US #182
#81Ella10US #63
#82Eunice10US #109
#83Hilda10US #101
#84Leona10US #76
#85Muriel10
#86Winifred10US #166
#87Erma9US #138
#88Freda9US #177
#89Helene9
#90Kathleen9US #126
#91Lucile9US #128
#92Peggy9
#93Stella9US #72
#94Sylvia9US #82
#95Wanda9US #189
#96Wilma9US #102
#97Ada8US #97
#98Audrey8US #154
#99Eileen8
#100Inez8US #99

Boys

#1John113US #1
#2William86US #2
#3Robert82US #5
#4James61US #3
#5George58US #4
#6Charles39US #7
#7Harold38US #16
#8Frank36US #8
#9Edward34US #9
#10Thomas28US #10
#11Harry27US #13
#12Joseph27US #6
#13Richard27US #20
#14Walter26US #12
#15Albert25US #15
#16Arthur24US #18
#17Clarence24US #23
#18Jack24US #25
#19Paul24US #17
#20Fred23US #22
#21Carl21US #26
#22Donald21US #36
#23Eugene21US #43
#24Gordon20US #97
#25Ralph20US #24
#26Howard19US #28
#27Roy18US #31
#28Earl17US #34
#29Kenneth17US #40
#30Lawrence17US #37
#31Henry15US #11
#32Raymond13US #19
#33Ray12US #71
#34Alfred11US #39
#35Cecil11US #76
#36Chester11US #58
#37Clifford11US #62
#38Glen11US #145
#39Herbert11US #41
#40David10US #27
#41Everett10US #102
#42Gerald10US #88
#43Joe10US #29
#44Andrew9US #42
#45Ernest9US #32
#46Floyd9US #57
#47Hugh9US #121
#48Louis9US #21
#49Melvin9US #73
#50Stanley9US #44
#51Theodore9US #56
#52Elmer8US #48
#53Lester8US #65
#54Lloyd8US #74
#55Victor8US #81
#56Archie7US #127
#57Ben7US #86
#58Eddie7US #78
#59Herman7US #49
#60Leonard7US #46
#61Leslie7US #117
#62Peter7US #50
#63Warren7US #113
#64Wesley7US #131
#65Alvin6US #89
#66Anthony6US #35
#67Frederick6US #52
#68Russell6US #55
#69Willard6US #114
#70Clayton5US #165
#71Dan5US #164
#72Francis5US #33
#73Gilbert5US #103
#74Glenn5US #111
#75Martin5US #75
#76Orville5US #146
#77Philip5US #69
#78Samuel5US #30
#79Vernon5US #96

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑48Eleanor#50
↑37Violet#32
↑31Clara#37
↑29Cecil#35
↑28Kathryn#39
↑28Nellie#45
↑28Eugene#23
↑26Ida#51

Falling

↓50Francis#72
↓44Laura#77
↓37Martin#75
↓37Orville#76
↓34Sylvia#94
↓33Gilbert#73
↓31Emma#74
↓31Leona#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.