State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,226 Washington births in 1912 across 313 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#75Juneoutside the national top 200
#66Jay#184 nationally
#79Patricia#195 nationally
#93Caroloutside the national top 200
#93Merleoutside the national top 200
#84Ronald#191 nationally
#78Don#177 nationally
#44Maxine#134 nationally
#56Phyllis#140 nationally
#90Ivan#173 nationally
#61Glen#139 nationally
#88Dale#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary207US #1
#2Helen184US #2
#3Dorothy165US #3
#4Margaret154US #4
#5Ruth125US #5
#6Mildred95US #6
#7Frances82US #9
#8Elizabeth70US #8
#9Alice66US #11
#10Evelyn66US #13
#11Florence64US #12
#12Grace59US #24
#13Marie56US #10
#14Gladys54US #19
#15Lillian52US #14
#16Esther51US #33
#17Edith50US #31
#18Louise47US #17
#19Virginia46US #20
#20Elsie45US #42
#21Hazel45US #25
#22Irene44US #22
#23Eleanor43US #39
#24Doris42US #48
#25Marjorie41US #56
#26Edna39US #16
#27Agnes38US #40
#28Ethel38US #18
#29Lucille36US #32
#30Thelma36US #26
#31Ruby34US #23
#32Bertha33US #36
#33Bernice32US #51
#34Katherine32US #53
#35Catherine31US #21
#36Clara31US #34
#37Jean31US #64
#38Gertrude30US #30
#39Lois30US #63
#40Martha30US #29
#41Josephine29US #28
#42Mabel28US #46
#43Ellen27US #86
#44Maxine27US #134
#45Pauline27US #38
#46Violet27US #83
#47Emma26US #35
#48Marian26US #93
#49Marion26US #55
#50Vera26US #68
#51Wilma26US #99
#52Marguerite25US #79
#53Laura24US #57
#54Betty23US #66
#55Blanche23US #75
#56Phyllis23US #140
#57Charlotte22US #91
#58Eva22US #49
#59Myrtle22US #50
#60Pearl22US #54
#61Anna21US #7
#62Kathryn21US #71
#63Rose21US #15
#64Viola21US #52
#65Alma20US #62
#66Leona20US #76
#67Vivian19US #84
#68Ann18US #47
#69Anne18US #58
#70Geraldine18US #122
#71Mae18US #74
#72Barbara17US #102
#73Beatrice17US #37
#74Georgia17US #101
#75June17
#76Nellie17US #59
#77Bessie16US #43
#78Julia16US #44
#79Patricia15US #195
#80Velma15US #88
#81Verna15US #126
#82Beulah14US #80
#83Genevieve14US #92
#84Ida14US #45
#85Jane14US #89
#86Jessie14US #65
#87Minnie14US #60
#88Kathleen13US #118
#89Roberta13US #157
#90Eunice12US #109
#91Juanita12US #103
#92Norma12US #137
#93Carol11
#94Flora11US #128
#95Inez11US #100
#96Lena11US #72
#97Lydia11US #152
#98Naomi11US #132
#99Olive11US #131
#100Sarah11US #41

Boys

#1John229US #1
#2Robert166US #4
#3William156US #2
#4James123US #3
#5George109US #6
#6Charles81US #7
#7Frank72US #9
#8Edward71US #8
#9Harold71US #13
#10Donald65US #27
#11Richard60US #19
#12Arthur57US #15
#13Walter57US #11
#14Jack56US #28
#15Howard50US #25
#16Joseph50US #5
#17Albert49US #17
#18Thomas47US #10
#19Harry42US #16
#20Kenneth42US #33
#21Carl40US #24
#22Henry39US #12
#23Fred38US #26
#24Paul38US #14
#25Raymond38US #18
#26Ralph36US #23
#27Lawrence34US #38
#28Ernest31US #32
#29Clarence30US #21
#30David29US #29
#31Louis29US #20
#32Roy29US #31
#33Elmer27US #47
#34Alfred26US #40
#35Eugene26US #41
#36Earl23US #34
#37Edwin23US #54
#38Lester21US #58
#39Theodore21US #52
#40Floyd20US #59
#41Philip20US #69
#42Clifford19US #62
#43Gordon19US #93
#44Lloyd19US #70
#45Stanley19US #43
#46Joe18US #36
#47Melvin18US #71
#48Ray18US #77
#49Bernard17US #60
#50Glenn17US #84
#51Leonard17US #45
#52Oscar17US #73
#53Francis16US #35
#54Leo16US #49
#55Chester15US #55
#56Frederick15US #51
#57Herbert13US #39
#58Russell13US #56
#59Allen12US #103
#60Daniel12US #53
#61Glen12US #139
#62Michael12US #42
#63Willard12US #105
#64Woodrow12US #46
#65Alvin11US #86
#66Jay11US #184
#67Marvin11US #83
#68Norman11US #61
#69Anthony10US #37
#70Ben10US #102
#71Gilbert10US #115
#72Harvey10US #91
#73Herman10US #50
#74Wayne10US #118
#75Wesley10US #134
#76Andrew9US #44
#77Clyde9US #65
#78Don9US #177
#79Everett9US #96
#80Lee9US #78
#81Martin9US #75
#82Maurice9US #95
#83Peter9US #48
#84Ronald9US #191
#85Samuel9US #30
#86Vernon9US #90
#87Claude8US #89
#88Dale8US #159
#89Homer8US #98
#90Ivan8US #173
#91Lewis8US #68
#92Marion8US #112
#93Merle8
#94Orville8US #136
#95Otto8US #150
#96Victor8US #81
#97Arnold7US #99
#98Benjamin7US #67
#99Leroy7US #66
#100Leslie7US #108

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑45Wilma#51
↑36Philip#41
↑31Katherine#34
↑27Eleanor#23
↑27Emma#47
↑25Irene#22
↑24Laura#53
↑24Glenn#50

Falling

↓42Anna#61
↓41Victor#96
↓39Leslie#100
↓38Everett#79
↓33Ida#84
↓32Jessie#86
↓32Andrew#76
↓31Nellie#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.