State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,156 Washington births in 1915 across 476 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#76Jeanne#198 nationally
#68Patricia#189 nationally
#66Bruce#172 nationally
#61Don#156 nationally
#84Delbert#179 nationally
#20June#96 nationally
#86Lyle#159 nationally
#96Anita#164 nationally
#89Ronald#155 nationally
#78Winifred#143 nationally
#35Maxine#98 nationally
#100Shirley#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary368US #1
#2Helen332US #2
#3Margaret310US #4
#4Dorothy304US #3
#5Ruth202US #5
#6Frances156US #9
#7Virginia132US #12
#8Mildred127US #6
#9Evelyn126US #10
#10Florence120US #14
#11Alice116US #13
#12Elizabeth113US #8
#13Doris109US #34
#14Marjorie105US #39
#15Marie101US #11
#16Edna99US #20
#17Hazel89US #26
#18Elsie84US #41
#19Lillian81US #15
#20June80US #96
#21Gladys79US #21
#22Lois78US #47
#23Louise78US #18
#24Jean77US #48
#25Esther74US #33
#26Betty73US #53
#27Irene72US #17
#28Rose70US #16
#29Anna66US #7
#30Eleanor65US #28
#31Edith63US #31
#32Martha63US #25
#33Grace61US #27
#34Thelma61US #30
#35Maxine59US #98
#36Lucille56US #29
#37Ethel55US #23
#38Vivian55US #78
#39Bernice54US #42
#40Phyllis54US #100
#41Katherine52US #49
#42Ruby52US #24
#43Gertrude51US #35
#44Marguerite48US #85
#45Catherine46US #19
#46Josephine46US #22
#47Mabel45US #62
#48Barbara43US #83
#49Myrtle43US #58
#50Marian42US #86
#51Pauline42US #32
#52Genevieve41US #76
#53Anne40US #52
#54Marion40US #50
#55Wilma40US #80
#56Ellen39US #88
#57Jane39US #69
#58Vera38US #65
#59Eva37US #55
#60Viola37US #59
#61Violet37US #82
#62Clara35US #38
#63Agnes33US #45
#64Emma33US #40
#65Laura33US #61
#66Pearl33US #56
#67Bertha32US #46
#68Patricia32US #189
#69Beatrice31US #37
#70Charlotte31US #81
#71Ann30US #43
#72Leona30US #74
#73Olive29US #123
#74Audrey28US #127
#75Harriet28US #112
#76Jeanne28US #198
#77Kathryn28US #60
#78Winifred28US #143
#79Bessie27US #57
#80Alma26US #70
#81Ella26US #75
#82Julia26US #44
#83Sylvia26US #67
#84Eileen25US #132
#85Nellie25US #63
#86Verna25US #126
#87Geraldine23US #108
#88Ida23US #54
#89Inez23US #101
#90Jessie23US #66
#91Lorraine23US #141
#92Beulah22US #95
#93Jennie22US #73
#94Georgia21US #111
#95Juanita21US #92
#96Anita20US #164
#97Kathleen20US #104
#98Lena20US #77
#99Opal20US #90
#100Shirley20US #162

Boys

#1Robert436US #4
#2John386US #1
#3William360US #2
#4James255US #3
#5George251US #6
#6Donald179US #20
#7Charles175US #7
#8Harold158US #12
#9Richard147US #15
#10Edward142US #8
#11Jack142US #27
#12Frank135US #9
#13Arthur122US #18
#14Joseph110US #5
#15Kenneth108US #28
#16Albert105US #17
#17Walter102US #11
#18Howard98US #25
#19Harry93US #19
#20Ralph88US #21
#21Roy88US #32
#22Lawrence86US #37
#23Carl85US #22
#24Thomas84US #10
#25Fred76US #26
#26Paul76US #13
#27Henry73US #14
#28David67US #31
#29Raymond66US #16
#30Earl65US #33
#31Clarence63US #24
#32Francis58US #29
#33Ernest56US #35
#34Elmer50US #45
#35Eugene50US #41
#36Lloyd47US #62
#37Melvin46US #60
#38Stanley45US #34
#39Leonard44US #44
#40Clifford42US #61
#41Joe42US #38
#42Norman42US #50
#43Alfred41US #42
#44Louis41US #23
#45Chester40US #54
#46Edwin40US #53
#47Herbert38US #40
#48Gerald37US #78
#49Vernon36US #80
#50Floyd35US #59
#51Frederick34US #52
#52Glenn34US #87
#53Gordon34US #90
#54Alvin33US #81
#55Victor32US #74
#56Lester31US #57
#57Ray29US #67
#58Clyde28US #63
#59Harvey27US #95
#60Martin27US #79
#61Don26US #156
#62Russell26US #51
#63Wayne26US #97
#64Arnold24US #91
#65Willard24US #58
#66Bruce23US #172
#67Benjamin22US #71
#68Daniel22US #55
#69Gilbert22US #100
#70Glen22US #123
#71Lee22US #84
#72Theodore22US #64
#73Cecil21US #76
#74Herman21US #56
#75Leo21US #47
#76Oscar21US #88
#77Philip21US #69
#78Everett20US #89
#79Warren20US #105
#80Allen19US #99
#81Andrew19US #46
#82Marvin19US #72
#83Samuel19US #39
#84Delbert18US #179
#85Leslie18US #106
#86Lyle18US #159
#87Marion18US #112
#88Maurice18US #101
#89Ronald18US #155
#90Wesley18US #133
#91Wilbur18US #92
#92Bernard17US #48
#93Lewis17US #70
#94Roland17US #118
#95Dale16US #125
#96Hugh16US #111
#97Mike16US #129
#98Orville16US #127
#99Sam16US #68
#100Leroy15US #66

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑37Myrtle#49
↑33Bruce#66
↑31Don#61
↑31Willard#65
↑31Benjamin#67
↑29Harvey#59
↑29Martin#60
↑26Ruby#42

Falling

↓34Wilbur#91
↓33Kathryn#77
↓33Maurice#88
↓30Violet#61
↓29Roland#94
↓28Kathleen#97
↓28Marvin#82
↓25Nellie#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.