State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,816 Washington births in 1914 across 402 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#63Deanoutside the national top 200
#74Patriciaoutside the national top 200
#91Jeanneoutside the national top 200
#95Merleoutside the national top 200
#97Joyceoutside the national top 200
#85Delbert#184 nationally
#71Ronald#163 nationally
#43June#132 nationally
#89Fern#172 nationally
#92Don#173 nationally
#36Maxine#114 nationally
#81Eileen#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary281US #1
#2Helen251US #2
#3Dorothy229US #3
#4Margaret188US #4
#5Ruth145US #5
#6Frances115US #9
#7Evelyn108US #11
#8Alice102US #12
#9Virginia101US #14
#10Mildred96US #7
#11Elizabeth93US #8
#12Florence83US #13
#13Doris72US #36
#14Marie68US #10
#15Esther66US #35
#16Eleanor60US #28
#17Hazel60US #29
#18Marjorie60US #45
#19Gladys59US #20
#20Irene59US #22
#21Betty56US #62
#22Ethel56US #21
#23Grace55US #25
#24Lois55US #51
#25Louise55US #17
#26Bernice54US #43
#27Jean52US #54
#28Edna51US #19
#29Thelma49US #26
#30Josephine45US #23
#31Violet45US #83
#32Catherine43US #18
#33Elsie43US #46
#34Lucille43US #30
#35Gertrude42US #32
#36Maxine42US #114
#37Katherine41US #48
#38Edith40US #31
#39Agnes39US #44
#40Clara39US #37
#41Rose39US #15
#42Lillian38US #16
#43June37US #132
#44Kathryn37US #63
#45Vivian36US #81
#46Marian35US #90
#47Barbara34US #82
#48Martha34US #27
#49Mabel33US #58
#50Beatrice32US #38
#51Marguerite31US #84
#52Anna30US #6
#53Emma30US #39
#54Laura30US #59
#55Jane29US #71
#56Marion29US #50
#57Wilma29US #95
#58Ann28US #40
#59Eva28US #52
#60Nellie28US #61
#61Viola28US #57
#62Ellen27US #86
#63Pauline27US #34
#64Ida26US #49
#65Phyllis26US #113
#66Vera25US #68
#67Bertha24US #41
#68Ruby24US #24
#69Kathleen23US #110
#70Anne22US #53
#71Charlotte22US #88
#72Genevieve21US #76
#73Julia21US #42
#74Patricia21
#75Velma21US #92
#76Inez20US #101
#77Alma19US #69
#78Leona19US #79
#79Pearl19US #56
#80Dolores18US #155
#81Eileen18US #159
#82Ella18US #72
#83Harriet18US #111
#84Blanche17US #80
#85Jessie17US #64
#86Myrtle17US #60
#87Bessie16US #55
#88Emily15US #98
#89Fern15US #172
#90Georgia15US #107
#91Jeanne15
#92Juanita15US #94
#93Olive15US #127
#94Shirley15US #160
#95Audrey14US #138
#96Geraldine14US #123
#97Joyce14
#98Stella14US #65
#99Theresa14US #93
#100Verna14US #125

Boys

#1John323US #1
#2Robert308US #4
#3William255US #2
#4James206US #3
#5George164US #6
#6Charles137US #7
#7Harold116US #14
#8Donald115US #23
#9Jack110US #27
#10Richard103US #17
#11Frank94US #9
#12Walter90US #10
#13Joseph89US #5
#14Edward88US #8
#15Arthur85US #18
#16Howard77US #26
#17Albert71US #15
#18Harry68US #19
#19Kenneth68US #30
#20Henry67US #12
#21Raymond64US #16
#22Thomas61US #11
#23Paul59US #13
#24Carl56US #24
#25Roy56US #32
#26Fred53US #28
#27Ralph49US #21
#28Clarence48US #22
#29Earl48US #33
#30Elmer45US #46
#31Lawrence44US #35
#32Joe41US #34
#33David40US #29
#34Stanley40US #39
#35Edwin39US #53
#36Ernest39US #38
#37Eugene38US #43
#38Melvin37US #59
#39Alfred35US #41
#40Norman35US #54
#41Gordon34US #88
#42Leonard32US #45
#43Floyd31US #58
#44Francis31US #31
#45Lester30US #57
#46Ray28US #74
#47Herbert27US #42
#48Victor27US #76
#49Lloyd26US #66
#50Russell26US #49
#51Clifford24US #62
#52Louis24US #20
#53Daniel23US #55
#54Marvin23US #75
#55Maurice21US #94
#56Everett20US #90
#57Wilbur20US #96
#58Philip19US #68
#59Glenn18US #91
#60Herman18US #51
#61Leo18US #47
#62Chester17US #56
#63Dean17
#64Gerald17US #81
#65Roland17US #121
#66Cecil16US #79
#67Clyde16US #63
#68Frederick16US #52
#69Lewis16US #72
#70Peter16US #48
#71Ronald16US #163
#72Samuel16US #36
#73Arnold15US #97
#74Leslie15US #103
#75Max15US #99
#76Theodore15US #64
#77Vincent15US #61
#78Wallace15US #127
#79Wayne15US #111
#80Alvin14US #78
#81Lee14US #84
#82Milton14US #69
#83Sam14US #67
#84Archie13US #145
#85Delbert13US #184
#86Edgar13US #87
#87Franklin13US #134
#88Harvey13US #95
#89Martin13US #73
#90Bernard12US #50
#91Claude12US #93
#92Don12US #173
#93Hugh12US #116
#94Leon12US #85
#95Merle12
#96Willard12US #92
#97Ben11US #110
#98Benjamin11US #70
#99Bruce11US #169
#100Dale11US #142

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑45Norman#40
↑38Wilma#57
↑33Everett#56
↑31Marian#46
↑31Nellie#60
↑29Marvin#54
↑29Maurice#55
↑26Katherine#37

Falling

↓41Jessie#85
↓38Myrtle#86
↓33Ella#82
↓30Benjamin#98
↓29Olive#93
↓28Bernard#90
↓27Pearl#79
↓23Lillian#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.