State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,627 Washington births in 1913 across 354 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#36June#163 nationally
#87Byronoutside the national top 200
#88Emmett#198 nationally
#74Karl#177 nationally
#87Patricia#190 nationally
#98Inaoutside the national top 200
#66Ronald#167 nationally
#100Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#78Dale#155 nationally
#92Shirley#169 nationally
#99Dorothea#176 nationally
#70Erma#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary235US #1
#2Dorothy222US #3
#3Helen202US #2
#4Margaret188US #4
#5Ruth140US #5
#6Evelyn96US #12
#7Frances82US #9
#8Mildred80US #6
#9Alice78US #11
#10Florence78US #13
#11Elizabeth73US #8
#12Esther68US #32
#13Virginia59US #15
#14Edna57US #18
#15Grace56US #25
#16Eleanor55US #34
#17Marjorie55US #48
#18Doris52US #44
#19Lillian52US #16
#20Hazel51US #27
#21Thelma50US #26
#22Marie46US #10
#23Edith45US #29
#24Ethel45US #20
#25Irene45US #21
#26Bernice44US #45
#27Elsie42US #40
#28Lois42US #59
#29Jean41US #60
#30Louise41US #17
#31Gladys40US #19
#32Anna37US #7
#33Betty36US #67
#34Laura35US #62
#35Vivian35US #83
#36June34US #163
#37Rose34US #14
#38Catherine33US #22
#39Mabel32US #56
#40Marguerite32US #78
#41Lucille31US #31
#42Pauline31US #35
#43Gertrude30US #33
#44Jessie30US #61
#45Violet30US #82
#46Agnes29US #41
#47Josephine29US #24
#48Myrtle29US #53
#49Ella27US #70
#50Eva27US #50
#51Kathryn27US #66
#52Pearl27US #55
#53Martha26US #28
#54Barbara25US #94
#55Ann24US #46
#56Bertha24US #39
#57Maxine24US #119
#58Vera24US #68
#59Jane23US #81
#60Beatrice22US #37
#61Clara22US #36
#62Emma22US #38
#63Katherine22US #54
#64Olive22US #129
#65Anne21US #57
#66Charlotte21US #87
#67Kathleen21US #110
#68Marion21US #51
#69Ruby21US #23
#70Erma20US #140
#71Georgia20US #100
#72Phyllis20US #122
#73Viola20US #52
#74Beulah18US #85
#75Ellen18US #88
#76Leona18US #74
#77Marian18US #93
#78Velma18US #89
#79Verna18US #126
#80Genevieve17US #84
#81Juanita17US #95
#82Sylvia17US #72
#83Audrey16US #136
#84Blanche16US #76
#85Ida16US #49
#86Norma16US #139
#87Patricia16US #190
#88Bessie15US #47
#89Harriet14US #125
#90Lena14US #73
#91Nellie14US #58
#92Shirley14US #169
#93Muriel13US #137
#94Roberta13US #155
#95Wilma13US #92
#96Emily12US #99
#97Eunice12US #107
#98Ina12
#99Dorothea11US #176
#100Inez11US #98

Boys

#1John235US #1
#2William209US #2
#3Robert174US #4
#4George163US #6
#5James149US #3
#6Charles112US #7
#7Donald94US #25
#8Frank78US #9
#9Harold78US #13
#10Edward71US #8
#11Arthur70US #17
#12Richard70US #19
#13Walter66US #11
#14Harry61US #15
#15Howard58US #26
#16Roy58US #32
#17Jack57US #28
#18Joseph56US #5
#19Carl54US #23
#20Henry52US #12
#21Paul50US #14
#22Ralph50US #22
#23Thomas49US #10
#24Clarence46US #21
#25Ernest46US #34
#26Fred45US #27
#27Kenneth43US #33
#28Albert42US #16
#29Raymond42US #18
#30Eugene31US #43
#31Francis31US #30
#32Earl30US #31
#33Elmer30US #45
#34Lloyd29US #67
#35Herbert27US #39
#36Floyd26US #58
#37Gordon26US #94
#38Lawrence26US #35
#39Lester26US #59
#40Stanley26US #41
#41David25US #29
#42Edwin24US #55
#43Melvin24US #61
#44Victor24US #80
#45Leonard23US #46
#46Alfred22US #42
#47Chester22US #56
#48Lewis22US #72
#49Russell22US #50
#50Ray21US #73
#51Clyde20US #64
#52Joe20US #37
#53Louis20US #20
#54Orville20US #120
#55Andrew19US #47
#56Daniel19US #54
#57Leo18US #48
#58Philip18US #69
#59Alvin17US #82
#60Frederick17US #49
#61Glenn17US #85
#62Bernard16US #52
#63Cecil16US #74
#64Herman16US #53
#65Peter16US #51
#66Ronald16US #167
#67Edgar15US #87
#68Benjamin14US #70
#69Claude14US #88
#70Clifford14US #68
#71Harvey14US #93
#72Warren14US #109
#73Gerald13US #84
#74Karl13US #177
#75Leroy13US #63
#76Leslie13US #105
#77Wilbur13US #91
#78Dale12US #155
#79Theodore12US #60
#80Arnold11US #92
#81Emil11US #143
#82Glen11US #129
#83Marvin11US #77
#84Maurice11US #95
#85Norman11US #57
#86Wayne11US #113
#87Byron10
#88Emmett10US #198
#89Everett10US #97
#90Gilbert10US #103
#91Marion10US #111
#92Max10US #101
#93Milton10US #71
#94Wesley10US #133
#95Willard10US #99
#96Woodrow10US #44
#97Allen9US #100
#98Bill9US #156
#99Guy9US #137
#100Laurence9

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑52Victor#44
↑43Lewis#48
↑42Jessie#44
↑40Orville#54
↑39June#36
↑35Olive#64
↑32Vivian#35
↑30Benjamin#68

Falling

↓44Wilma#95
↓40Theodore#79
↓38Ruby#69
↓38Allen#97
↓32Ellen#75
↓32Willard#95
↓32Woodrow#96
↓29Katherine#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.